[mythtv-users] Xine issues

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Dec 13 21:01:01 EST 2005


Mark J. Small wrote:

>On December 13, 2005 08:31 am, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>  
>
>>These work for me. -V xshm got rid of my shaky playback. --no-splash
>>and --no-logo do what they look like they do.
>>
>>DVD:
>>xine -pfhq -V xshm --no-splash --no-logo dvd://%s
>>
>>Video:
>>xine -pfhq -V xshm --no-splash --no-logo %s
>>    
>>
>Hmmm the xine docs claim that xshm is a lot slower than xv.  Does real world 
>experience say otherwize?  
>
>Personally I compiled my xine to use xvmc for more gforce mx 4000.  I don't 
>use xvmc for mythtv yet, but it works great with xine.  My P3 733 plays DVD's 
>beautifully that way.
>
>  
>
I would bet that Brad is using a PVR-350 for output and hasn't yet 
upgraded to/installed John Harvey's X driver with Xv support.  Other 
than using a device driver without Xv support, I can't imagine any 
reason for using xshm.

Mike


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