[mythtv-users] HD performance problems

[Shawn Rutledge]

On 11/21/06, David Watkins <watkinshome at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 21/11/06, Shawn Rutledge <shawn.t.rutledge at gmail.com> wrote:
> > [muon][11:07:54 PM] grep -i xvmc /var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log
> > 2006-11-20 22:51:31.508 VideoOutputXv: XvMCTex: Init failed
>
> Actually I get that error too!  However, just above below it in the log I get:
>
> 'Found a suitable XvMC surface 0'

I don't get that one.

> I notice that you're running an AMD 64.  There was an issue about a
> year ago with XvMC on that CPU.  See here:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/161212?search_string=%2BAMD%20%2B64%20%2BXvMC;#161212

It's an Athlon XP, not 64 bit.  I bought it before the Athlon 64 came out.

[muon][10:45:27 PM] uname -a
Linux muon 2.6.18-gentoo-r2 #4 PREEMPT Sun Nov 19 16:08:32 MST 2006
i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ GNU/Linux