[mythtv-users] XvMC with Nvidia 7676 no change in CPU usage?
Kevin Kuphal
kuphal at dls.net
Sat Mar 11 23:46:38 UTC 2006
Steven Adeff wrote:
> I'm playing around with XvMC on my desktop/server since it has a
> FX5200 and I'm thinking of using it as a frontend for my bedroom. I've
> got Myth and mplayer compiled with XvMC support and both look like
> they're using xvmc when I enable them to, but what I don't see is any
> reduction in CPU usage with either.
> I'm running X as root to make sure I have full privileges as I test.
> I'm testing mostly with HD content since SD content uses so little CPU
> on my machine to begin with.
>
If you have a greyscale OSD, then you are using XvMC. If your OSD is
color, you're not. XvMC is selected in the playback settings for TV
where you pick your MPEG decoder (Standard, libmpeg2, XvMC, etc.).
Kevin
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