[mythtv-users] Fwd: Problem with XvMC being slow

[Jerry Rubinow]

On 1/5/06, Joseph A. Caputo <jcaputo1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Thursday 05 January 2006 1:21, Jerry Rubinow wrote:
> > When using XvMC to play back video, CPU usage is low (30% for HD, 10%
> > for SD), but the video plays back slower than realtime.  I'm using an
> > Nvidia 5200 card, with driver version 7667 (although I've tried every
> > version up to the current 8XXX).
> >
> >  Is there anything I should check?  Anything obviously wrong from the
> > following details?  Or is this the XvMC slowdown I've read about?
> > What are my options for fixing this?
>
> I could be way off base on this, but something in my memory is nagging
> me... something about maybe Nvidia's XvMC not supporting/performing
> well at certain resolutions?  Have you tried changing your horizontal
> resolution to something smaller, like 1024?

No, but that's a good suggestion - I'll try it tonight.  Thanks.

-Jerry