[mythtv-users] Intel and XvMC

Tino Keitel tino.keitel at gmx.de
Thu Jan 17 16:56:32 UTC 2008


On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 19:48:26 +1000, David Whyte wrote:
> On Jan 17, 2008 3:25 PM, Edward Hughes IV <echughesiv at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I only ask because I feel that the MythTV wiki is a bit unclear, and I would
> > like to see this changed if need be.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> 
> I don't know *anything* about this stuff, but have been trying to
> understand it some over the last couple of days.  All I do know is
> that my HD recordings (from DVB-T cards in Australia) seem to consume
> quite a lot of CPU when played back (almost 90% of one core).  This is
> a Pentium D 3.0GHz machine with onboard Intel graphics.  I assumed
> that XvMC isn't working for my card since so much CPU is being used.
> I am using the standard Intel driver that comes with Ubuntu Fiesty.
> This is my xorg.conf for the adaptor.
> 
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller"
> 	Driver		"intel"
> 	BusID		"PCI:0:2:0"
> 	Option		"UseFBDev"		"true"
> EndSection

The default for the XvMCSurfaces option is "disabled", see the "man
intel".

Regards,
Tino


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