[mythtv-users] Subject: Re: LiveTV on HD channel?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/05/2006 06:40 PM, Ken Mandelberg wrote:
> Well further testing shows that the 720p HD channels do in fact work on 
> LiveTV, its just the 1080i ones that fail with
>
> VideoOutputXv Error: CreateXvShmImages(): XvShmCreateImage()
>
> However, even on the 720p my 2.0ghz Penitum M is pegged at 100% with 50% 
> going to mythfrontend and the 50% to X.
>
> It seems like what I need is to do direct rendering instead of trying to 
>   use xshm. Did I miss something in the configuration? Is that possible, 
> and furthermore can I get scaling done in hardware, its an Intel 915 
> graphics chip and the media players seem to be able to take advantage of it.
>   

Did you read the first comment in the ticket whose URL I posted?

http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/1190

Mike