[mythtv] OpenGL vsync broken on Intel i945

[Tino Keitel]

On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 09:00:26 +0100, Tino Keitel wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 19:51:18 -0500, George Nassas wrote:
> > On 22-Nov-07, at 3:21 PM, Tino Keitel wrote:
> > 
> > > for some months now I can not use OpenGL vsync with SVN trunk
> > > (currently multirec). When I enable it, LiveTV only shows a short
> > > moment of too fast video every few seconds. I use Xorg with the Intel
> > > driver and Mesa 7.0.2.
> > 
> > There's a diagnosis and workaround described here that should get you  
> > going:
> > 
> > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/301160#301160
> 
> Thanks a lot, that sounds promising.

I now tried a patched driver, and the frontend reports this:

Video timing method: DRM

However, I still have tearing video.

I also enabled OpenGL vsync in the playback settings of the frontend.
This works now with the patched driver, but the tearing didn't get
better.

Regards,
Tino