[mythtv-users] forced to use xv?

Travis Osterman tosterman at gmail.com
Tue Nov 29 22:57:48 EST 2005


On 11/29/05, Carl Fongheiser <carlfongheiser at gmail.com> wrote:
>  MythTV uses XV, although you can turn it off with an environment variable.
> (NO_XV).  However, it would be a really good idea to get XV working, as it
> helps performance a lot.  FYI, MythTV proper doesn't use mplayer or mplayer
> settings at all.

Excellent.  That is exactly the info I needed.  After setting NO_XV,
the recordings looked sharp, clearing the env brought back the
artifacts so at least now I am certain where I need to focus my energy
- xorg and xv.  Thanks.

-- Travis


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