[mythtv-users] mythfrontend with radeon driver

[glen]

On 08/30/2013 09:38 PM, Dave Ulrick wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Aug 2013, glen wrote:
>
>> how do you go about enabling the rtc timing method ?; using the wiki 
>> instructions mine showed another method but i could not find where it 
>> showed how to change the method; only how to make the settings for 
>> the rtc timing once it is in use.
>
> I used these instructions to configure the RTC for high resolution 
> timing:
>
> http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/system_configuration#hardware_timers
>
> /dev/rtc0 is the device that mythfrontend used on my system. /dev/hpet 
> wasn't used so there was no need for me to configure it.

followed your link and followed instructions on wiki, but i still get 
video timing method = DRM, not RTC. Any other ideas how to change it. 
newest ubuntu ; myth built from source. .25 fixes
>
>> on an amd e-350 i have vdpau working fairly well and there was a 
>> noticeable improvement under the latest kernel that offers the power 
>> management which allows the video chip to run faster. you need the 
>> 9.2 version of mesa and a kernel that has the uvd support for vdpau, 
>> the firmware files from amd, and the 3.11 kernel for the new power 
>> management features. i use ubuntu so the kernels are there in the drm 
>> next section.
>
> Hey, this sounds very promising. I'll be looking forward to trying it. 
> Fedora 19 uses kernel 3.10 and Mesa 9.2 but it looks like Fedora 20 is 
> going to use kernel 3.11.
>
> I've just tried out the VAAPI Normal playback profile. The video plays 
> OK but the deinterlacing is pretty ugly: lots of horizontal lines 
> while the video is in motion. I then went on and tried out High 
> Quality again. Apparently I hadn't tried it since I enabled RTC video 
> timing: it looks very good now. High Quality uses the Yadif 
> deinterlacers. VDPAU locks up mythfrontend just as before.
>
> Dave