[mythtv-users] XvMC - less stable on 0.17 and latest CVS compared to 0.16

[Will Dormann]

Hi all,

Has anybody noticed stability problems with XvMC and 0.17 or later? 
When I fast forward a lot or press the pause button and let it go for a 
while, when I unpause it my machine is locks up.

I should mention that I have *no* hard lockup problems with 0.16

What made me test the CVS version is that I recently realized that Live 
TV doesn't seem to play well with XvMC enabled on 0.16.  I'm using Bob 
Deinterlacing with this patch:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/87191

The OSD flickers, which I can mostly live with.   But it seems that if 
the OSD is on the screen for too long, it can cause the video to go 
corrupt.   What seems to trigger this is watching Live TV, then changing 
channels.   It looks like having the OSD up while changing channels 
causes mythfrontend to hang.   I can exit X and restart it to get up and 
running again, though.   (Compared to 0.17 where I have to hit the power 
switch)

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-WD