[mythtv-users] How functional is Myth PIP ?

Bob Cunningham FlyMyPG at gmail.com
Sun Jan 3 06:39:25 UTC 2010


On 01/02/2010 08:50 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Christopher Kerr<mythtv at theseekerr.com>  wrote:
>    
>> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 4:57 AM, Brent Bolin<brent.bolin at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>      
>>> I get very stuttered results.  Either pip liveTV or recording
>>>
>>> Have multiple tuners
>>>        
>> Are you using VDPAU? I believe this is a known problem - on my
>> machine, I see flickering and jumpiness in the second image.
>>
>> - Chris
>>      
> up until the most recent release (or perhaps 2 ago) of the 190 driver
> series VDPAU could basically only process one video stream at a time.
> This has recently been fixed/added though, so with a sufficiently
> powerful video card we should be seeing operational PIP with VDPAU
> soon.
> I'm also hoping with the GT220 cards which are more capable we will be
> able to have multiple PIP windows work properly as well.
>    
Possibly a silly question:  Would a second video card, not connected to 
a display, be useful for VDPAU pip?

-BobC



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