[mythtv-users] XvMC question

[Chris Delis]

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Brandon Beattie wrote:

> 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

It sounds like he did this already since ldd shows the dependency to
the nVidia XvMC library.

Before I moved to the PVR350, I tried running the XvMC version but didn't
notice any difference either.  Back then, I heard that it was still a
work-in-progress and that support was not all there.  Not sure what the
status is today...

> 
> 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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