[mythtv-users] Enabling Xv on ATI HD 3200

[Paul Gardiner]

Jim Stichnoth wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:15 AM, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net 
> <mailto:lists at glidos.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Jim Stichnoth wrote:
> 
>         The typical path for a person with ATI graphics who cares about
>         tearing is to pull their hair out trying everything under the
>         sun, then finally give up and throw in an nvidia card.  In the
>         meantime, they keep a futile eye on Catalyst release notes,
>         hoping that the linux vsync issues will someday get resolved.
>          I'm sure if that ever happens, we will hear about it right away
>         on this list.
> 
>         Jim (sad owner of 2 HD3200 motherboards)
> 
> 
>     Have you tried the radeon driver (not radeonhd) lately? That's what I
>     use for an integrated X1250. I've heard HD3200 is supported. I get
>     no problems with sync. Even handles interlaced display modes correctly.
> 
> 
> Definitely not lately.  The very first thing I ever tried was probably 
> the radeon driver, or whatever is packaged as the default in MythDora 
> 5.  I recall that for HD, it was completely unable to keep up on my CPU 
> (4850e), whereas the proprietary fglrx and nvidia drivers are just 
> fine.  I should have another look -- at least until myth/vdpau is 
> released, then it's bye-bye ATI. :)

Yeah, worth a go I think. A few months back my X1250 wasn't supported,
but development seems very active. You might want to build the latest
version rather than rely on your distro packages.

P.