[mythtv-users] More XvMC data points

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Nov 29, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Michael Tiller wrote:

> On 11/29/06, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> That sounds like an issue with your video driver. Poke around the  
> list and see which versions of the video driver people are having  
> success with.
>
> Oh I have. The list is full of people saying "I can't get XvMC to  
> work" or "XvMC is choppy".  Many people get to the point I'm at and  
> there a few things that are always suggested (basically the things  
> listed here) but it isn't clear to me that this is resulting in  
> much success (i.e. I'm not seeing lots of people respond with "Hey,  
> that did it!").
>
> Just yesterday I sent out a note to point out that Myth doesn't  
> even seem to be linking the NVIDIA XvMC libraries during the build  
> (before anybody asks, my "/etc/X11/XvMCConfig" file does contain  
> "libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1") but nobody responded.
>
> The bottom line is that there is a tremendous amount of confusion  
> swirling around XvMC.  My sense is that there are some fundamental  
> issues (bugs?) that exist but these are brushed aside assuming that  
> the people having problems are simply not getting all the  
> configuration options right.
>
> If I get a chance, I will try a different set of video drivers.  I  
> have not done that yet but I have also seen people on this list (in  
> the same boat as me) say it did not make any difference for them.   
> Who knows though, it might make a difference to me.
>
> On a somewhat related topic...would using DirectFB make any  
> difference?!? (especially noting that the load on the X server is  
> so high)
>
> --
> Mike

Sorry I can't be of more help. I'm one of those people that has XvMC  
just working for me without any magic on my part. However, I don't  
like the picture it gives (and have a plenty fast enough dual core  
CPU) so I don't use it.

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