[mythtv-users] XvMC question

Brandon Beattie bbeattie-maillist at linkexplorer.com
Wed Nov 5 13:33:07 EST 2003


In the settings.pro file in mythtv root cvs dir, add -lXv to the
EXTRA_LIBS line that has the -lXvMC... and the other library, then
compile.

--Brandon

On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 01:14:18PM -0500, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> Okay, I grabbed yesterday's CVS and rebuilt with XvMC support.  I'm 
> pretty sure it's in there, since when I do an 'ldd' on mythfrontend, it 
> shows a dependency on libXvMCNVIDIA_blah_blah_blah.so.  This is with 
> the -4363 NVidia drivers and a GF4MX.  The thing is, I'm not sure if 
> it's working or what I should be seeing.  I don't think the relevant 
> code is being run, as I still see a color OSD, and my CPU usage during 
> playback doesn't seem to have changed (I wasn't expecting much, but I 
> thought the change might at least be noticeable in 'top').
> 
> So, right now I'm pursuing 2 possibilities:  either I've mis-configured 
> something, or XvMC isn't invoked/doesn't help for RTjpeg playback (all 
> my recordings are RTjpeg).
> 
> Can anyone shed any light on this?
> 
> -JAC
> 

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