[mythtv] mpeg2 decodes and funny quirks

Jan Vilhuber jan at vilhuber.com
Sat Oct 28 02:10:22 UTC 2006


On Oct 27, 2006, at 6:33 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 10/27/06 19:32, Jan Vilhuber wrote:
>
>> Here's a few observations I've had over the last while:
>>
>> If I set the mpeg2 decoder (setup -> TV -> playback or somewhere in
>> there) to:
>>
>> Standard: Everything looks fine, and with titivillus-OSD my menu is
>> BLUE and grey (i.e. highlighted item is blue) (not sure if that is
>> controlled by titivillus-OSD, BTW)
>>
>> xvmc: Playback looks fine (no different than standard or libmpeg2,
>> really), but the menu flickers like mad and is grey on grey! Did I
>> compile myth wrong? I did enable xvmc...
>>
>> libmpeg2: The menu is also grey on grey, and when I fast-forward, the
>> fast-forward STOPS after a few seconds. The machine isn't frozen, as
>> I can press 'back/exit' or 'fast-forward' or whatever and it will do
>> what I tell it. But fast-forward just stops (and pauses?) after a few
>> seconds.
>>
>> For now I'm using standard as it works fine and looks good, but when/
>> if I move to HD content, I wonder if I need to switch to one of the
>> faster methods, in which case things aren't quite so rosy.
>>
>> All tests done with mythtv-0.20-snv Revision: 11622, but this has
>> been going on since 0.19.1 at least.
>>
>
> Again, perhaps it's time to sign up for the mythtv-users list...
> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

I AM signed up for that one (finally), but this seems like a  
programming issue, not a setup issue.

Of course I could be wrong.
jan


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> Mike
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