[mythtv-users] Differences in Video Output

[Dan Ritter]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 08:51:50PM -0500, Michael Wisniewski wrote:
> I was wondering if anybody has a guide to different video outputs in
> mythtv, and the pro's and con's with all of them.  When you compile
> it, you get the following list...
> 
> # Video Output Support
> x11 support               yes
	Basic display in X, rather than a framebuffer (DirectFB)
> xrandr support            yes
	X extension to change video resolution on the fly
> xv support                yes
	X extension to write video to screen; prereq for most
	others
> XvMC support              yes
	X extension for acceleration on most NVidia and some
	VIA/S3 uniChrome and some Intel adapters. Good for HD on most CPUs and
	necessary on some.
> XvMC VLD support          yes
	extra XvMC functionality on some VIA chips.
> XvMC pro support          no
	extra XvMC functionality on other VIA chips
> XvMC OpenGL sup.          no
	XvMC and OpenGl rendering on sufficiently spiffy cards
> XvMC libs                 -lXvMCW
	where the card-specific interface library for XvMC is.
> OpenGL video              no
	OpenGL video alone for very high-end cards
> OpenGL vsync              no
	OpenGL synchronization method 
> DirectFB                  no
	Display without X
> Fribidi formatting        no
	Bidirectional text support for right-to-left languages.

These are all off the top of my head, I may be wrong.

-dsr-

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