[mythtv-users] Any advantage to compiling with XvMC?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Jarod C. Wilson
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 1:38 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Any advantage to compiling with XvMC?
>
>
> On Thursday, Sep 11, 2003, at 03:25 US/Pacific, Steven Sartorius wrote:
>
> > Are there any advantages to compiling mythtv with support for XvMC?
> > There
> > was a blurb about this on the web site the other day but no real info.
> >  What
> > exactly does XvMC do?  I've got a GeForce 4 MX and the libXvMCNVIDIA
> > library....
>
> XvMC = X-video Motion Compensation.
>
> There's a section on it in nVidia's readme for their Linux drivers.

Yes, I understand *what* it is, but what does it mean for Myth?  How will it
affect my picture quality/CPU load?  Is Myth offloading some processing to
my GF4MX, or is it merely an output enhancement that I couldn't get before?
Sorry if this questions seems stupid, but I've never seen any explanation of
just *how* Myth uses XvMC to its benefit.

-JAC