[olug] NVidia and video corruption.

[Dan Linder]

Good catch.  I'm tempted to think it may be the internal player since
VLC works just fine.

I've been trying to use VLC instead of "Internal" (using "vlc
file://%s vlc:quit") but it doesn't even bring up VLC.  Am I missing
something?

DanL

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 08:44,  <aric at omahax.com> wrote:
> Wouldn't it would be horizontal lines if it were an interlace issue?
>
>> could it have something to do with
>> interlaced video?
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlaced_video#Problems_caused_by_interlacing
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, my memory was incorrect.
>>>
>>> I can play videos using VLC just fine (recorded TV and others), but
>>> when I use the internal viewer, the video has the lines.
>>>
>>> Here's a link to the photo in my GooglePlus stream:
>>>
>>> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/108237109142616749665/albums/5700983386433147889
>>>
>>> I tried setting the default viewer to use VLC, but it didn't seem to use
>>> it...
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 17:44, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>>> > My new Mythbuntu combination front/back-end system is working well
>>> > except for one problem: when I try to play back videos they are
>>> > corrupted on the screen.
>>> >
>>> > I can copy the files to another Linux system where they look fine.
>>> > The menus, desktop, terminals, etc on the front-end system are just
>>> > fine, just moving video is corrupted.
>>> >
>>> > I upgraded from the Ubuntu stock NVidia driver to the latest driver -
>>> > 290.10 - for my GeForce 8400 GS card, but no luck.
>>> >
>>> > The corruption is very regular.  Colors off in vertical stripes about
>>> > 10 pixels wide.  I can take a photo and post it somewhere if it helps.
>>> >
>>> > Anyone have any thoughts?
>>> >
>>> > Dan
>>> >
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