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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/17/2014 1:22 PM, Matt W wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi all--until recently I was happily using an
Nvidia 8400GS with VDPAU but then the mobo died. Figured it was
time for an upgrade after 5 years or so. I thought AMD APU (AMD
A6-6420K APU with an HD8470 onboard) would be the new hotness
and a great way to go: nice graphics for HD playback, low power
usage, good cpu speed!
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<div>Well of course things didn't work out as smoothly as I'd
hoped. Between jumping around with Debian 7.4, and backports,
and the drm/nouveau drivers, and AMD Catalyst drivers, getting
playback without issues does not seem to be in my immediate
future. In some cases, I can't even enter the Settings menu
in mythfrontend (it hangs), let alone playback hw-accelerated
video. not sure what that's about</div>
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<div>If this guide is on the right track...: <a
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href="http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=174854">http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=174854</a>
then my guess is what I really need is Mesa version 10
(Debian Wheezy has version 8) (?). Or I could just pop the
old Nvidia card on the new mobo for a year or so until AMD
compatibility continues to grow.</div>
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<div>Any suggestions? thanks!</div>
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<font size="+1"><font face="Times New Roman">I have two Zotac AD-03s
(AMD Fusion E-350) that I use for FEs. One has Mythbuntu 12.04.3
and the other has OpenELEC 4.0 Beta right now. The MCC says
Mythbuntu is using the proprietary Catalyst drivers but I notice
quite a bit of jerkiness during rapid motion and even some when
there is a crawler going across the bottom of the screen. On the
other hand, the OpenELEC seems to have the video driver problem
taken care of, that video looks perfect to my eye. Now if only I
could say the same thing about the remote control...<br>
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mike<br>
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