[mythtv-users] how can I do XvMC?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Wednesday 29 October 2003 09:12, manu wrote:
> Le 29.10.2003 16:52:48, cwieri39 at calvin.edu a écrit :
> > I'm trying to get XvMC working on my NVidia card, but I'm having
> > issues
> > getting it all working.  I've compiled it in without any problems
> > (with
> > the -lXvMCNVIDIA -lXvMC in settings.pro) and the Myth interface
> > works fine.  However, as soon as I try to watch recordings / live
> > tv mythfrontend segfaults, and I get the error "No xvmc found" on
> > the command line.
> >
> > I've pasted below a few lines from my XFree86.0.log file that shows
> > my
> > video card and that the XvMC extensions are being loaded when X
> > actually starts, so I'm pretty sure it is enabled and working.
> >
> > (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]
> > rev
> > 162, Mem @ 0xec000000/24, 0xe4000000/26, BIOS @ 0xed000000/17
> > <snip>
> > (II) Loading extension XVideo
> > (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
>
> I have the same problem (though I removed the -lXvMCNVIDIA as I have
> a radeon). The compile fails complaining about missing functions.
> MythTv version 0.12.0

XvMC support is only for Nvidia GeForce4 MX.  You can't use it with a 
Radeon; don't even bother trying to enable it.

-JAC