[mythtv-users] XvMC question

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Wed Nov 5 14:57:00 EST 2003


Top-posting fixed.

On Wednesday 05 November 2003 13:33, Brandon Beattie wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> 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
>

I did this already; it wouldn't have linked otherwise.

-JAC



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