[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #8108: dvd playback on via epia M10k causes mythfrontend or X to segfault

[Andrei Butirksy]

On 02.03.2010 0:23, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> Mike, there is really not a lot to do to fix this. And it appears to
> affect all Via motherboards (C-3 and C-7) using XvMC. The Myth code
> requests too many buffers.
>
> I sent some patches to Daniel Kristjansson a couple of years ago to add
> a reference variable into 'configure' for the value of
> max_num_xvmc_surfaces in ../libs/libmythtv/util-xvmc.h
>
> The reference variable is set to 16 unless the chipset is Via, in which
> case it is set to 14.
>
> The problem, iirc was in properly parsing and recognizing the Via
> chipsets which require the fix (although I think all of them are
> affected: it's an internal buffer thing, I think).
>
> At any rate the processor='cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "model name"
> test/setting, and the tests at around line 2530 in 'configure' should do
> the trick.
> I can't find a copy of my email, but I can probably resurrect the content.
>
> Geoff

Is there any possibility to switch off DVD menu output in internal 
player at runtime or at least at build time? If not, would it be 
difficult to implement such a feature?