[mythtv-users] New installation, choppy video (not DMA) help request

[Dan]

On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 04:28:13PM -0400, Raphael Pooser wrote:

> installing fglrx.  If fglrx is working properly then xv should work 
> properly too; make sure to add the option to xorg.conf using ati-config 
> if the option isn't already there in the device section.
> However, based on the output of xvinfo you provided a link to, it looked 
> to me like you had xv working with "radeon"... so maybe the problem is 
> elsewhere?  Or perhaps xv just works better with fglrx, not sure on that 

So, I think that last night I installed fglrx and got it to play nicely
with Xv.  xvinfo reports info, similar to the previously posted one,
glxinfo reports an ATI device, not "mesa", and the xorg.0.log looks good.

But, the performance is just as bad.  So, since I have seen it requested
of others (maybe elsewhere?), I ran "mythfrontend --verbose all" and grabbed
the output.  I had a few lines like below:

[root at localhost mythtv]# grep -i xvmc verbose

2006-05-16 07:53:15.661 VideoOutputXv Error: XvMC output requested, but is not supported by display.
2006-05-16 07:53:15.681 XvMCSurfaceTypes::find(w 1920, h 1088, chroma 1, vld 0, idct 1, mpeg2, sub-width 0, sub-height 0, disp, p<= 115, 1150 <=p, port, surfNum)
2006-05-16 07:53:15.681 Trying XvMC port 115
2006-05-16 07:53:15.717 XvMCSurfaceTypes::find(w 1920, h 1088, chroma 1, vld 0, idct 1, mpeg2, sub-width 0, sub-height 0, disp, p<= 116, 1160 <=p, port, surfNum)
2006-05-16 07:53:15.717 Trying XvMC port 116
2006-05-16 07:53:19.087 VideoOutputXv Error: XvMC output requested, but is not supported by display.
2006-05-16 07:53:19.087 XvMCSurfaceTypes::find(w 1920, h 1088, chroma 1, vld 0, idct 1, mpeg2, sub-width 0, sub-height 0, disp, p<= 115, 1150 <=p, port, surfNum)
2006-05-16 07:53:19.087 Trying XvMC port 115
2006-05-16 07:53:19.087 XvMCSurfaceTypes::find(w 1920, h 1088, chroma 1, vld 0, idct 1, mpeg2, sub-width 0, sub-height 0, disp, p<= 116, 1160 <=p, port, surfNum)
2006-05-16 07:53:19.087 Trying XvMC port 116

I don't know if this is indicative of a specific problem or not.

I have the full log and will post it up somewhere if it'd be useful.