Comment 4 for bug 290439

Ah point taken. It's a little late for 8.10 to fix this, but we can put a
fix in later for it.

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 08:20, Scott <email address hidden> wrote:

> Further to my above comment, directly from
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frame_display_timing
>
> "If MythTV will be using the RTC to time the display, it will usually
> request a high interrupt frequency, allowing it to time frames more
> precisely. However, unless MythFrontend is a privileged process, the
> highest frequency that it can request by default is 64 Hz. This is
> usually not sufficient for CRT monitors that are often set to a higher
> frequency, usually 85 or 100 Hz, as well as some LCD screens and
> projectors that can accept various frequencies, producing the tearing
> artifacts as mentioned earlier. The most common solution is simply to
> increase the maximum frequency that an unprivileged process can request
> from the RTC."
>
> This indicates the tweak would be used to improve video output
> performance, more of a frontend function.
>
> --
> MCC - RTC and ITV Tweak not available unless machine is configured as
> backend
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290439
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> Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV: New
>
> Bug description:
> In Mythbuntu 8.04, the RTC and IVTV tweak settings in the in the Mythbuntu
> Control Center under ADVANCED MANAGEMENT>MYSQL SETTINGS are greyed out and
> not available to machines that are not configured as a backend.
>

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Mario Limonciello
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