[mythtv-users] Re: OT: nVidia and XvMC?

Mark Linford mlinford+mythtv at gmail.com
Wed Oct 12 15:24:09 UTC 2005


On 10/12/05, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 05:52:47AM -0700, Mark Linford wrote:

> > You know, I'm not sure. I'm using the mythtv-suite from atrpms, which
> > I thought used libXvMCW, but I'm having trouble finding any
> > confirmation of that
>
> $ rpm -e --test libXvMCW
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         libXvMCW-devel is needed by (installed) libmyth-devel-0.18.1-114.rhfc4.at.i386
>         libXvMCW.so.1 is needed by (installed) libmyth-0.18.1-114.rhfc4.at.i386
>         libXvMCW.so.1 is needed by (installed) mythtv-frontend-0.18.1-114.rhfc4.at.i386
>         libXvMCW.so.1 is needed by (installed) mythtv-backend-0.18.1-114.rhfc4.at.i386
>         libXvMCW.so.1 is needed by (installed) mythtv-setup-0.18.1-114.rhfc4.at.i386

D'oh! I didn't even think of trying that. So, yes, I'm using libXvMCW.
Thanks for the confirmation, Axel:)

>
> > > If you use libXvMCW, check that you have a file /etc/X11/XvMCConfig and
> > > the contents is just "libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1" without the quotes. If
> > > it doesn't exist, create it and libXvMCW should work fine now..
> > >
> > Yep, I have that exact XvMCConfig file, with no luck ...
>
> Check ls -lu /etc/X11/XvMCConfig before and after running the frontend.

I'm at work right now, so I can't try that out until tonight. As soon
as I can, though, I'll post those results. Thanks!


Mark


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