[mythtv-users] VIA C3 Deinterlacing and 3dnow

[Pierre-Olivier Bouchard]

imlinux at consultingp.com wrote:

> The deinterlacing option claims that it needs sse support to function
> correctly, and it does crash mythfrontend whenever I try to use it with my
> VIA C3 chip.  In the documentation though it said that if I check out
> /proc/cpuinfo that I have mmx and 3dnow, does the C3 just have a trimmed
> down version of 3dnow?  Or is mythtv not compiling right or am I just off
> base all together?

Deinterlacing needs sse. 3dnow is not sse. The C3 you have doesn't do 
sse. Thus mythtv deinterlacing won't work on that cpu, so you have to go 
in the options and disable it, if you want it to play video at all. I 
really don't see what isn't clear about this.


Pete