[mythtv-users] OpenGL ATI Radeon MythMusic MythGallery Problem

[Michael T. Dean]

Sammo wrote:

>Has anybody managed to get (1) MythMusic gears visualization; (2)
>MythGallery opengl transitions; and (3) MythTV opengl vsync working
>with an ATI Radeon video card?
>
>I have an ATI Radeon 9550 using the latest ATI Proprietary Driver
>8.18.6 for XFree86 4.3. I have the fglrx kernel module compiled and
>loaded successfully. Watching TV looks great (albeit without opengl
>vsync), even 1080i HDTV from DVB-T source. Tested fgl_glxgears,
>glslideshow (xscreensaver) and tuxracer, which all work nice and
>smooth, which should mean opengl is set up properly on my system.
>
>I have compiled mythtv and mythplugins from svn with opengl support.
>
>(1) MythMusic crashes whenever it tries to use gears visualization.
>
>(2) MythGallery says "Sorry: OpenGL support not available" when it
>tries to use a gl transition.
>
>(3) MythTV opengl vsync doesn't seem to be working. mythfrontend -v
>playback -l log.txt produces the following:
>
>2005-10-21 11:33:49.447 DRMVideoSync: VBlank ioctl did not work,
>unimplemented in this driver?
>2005-10-21 11:33:49.989 OpenGLVideoSync: GLX extensions:
>GLX_EXT_visual_info GLX_EXT_visual_rating GLX_EXT_import_context
>2005-10-21 11:33:49.989 OpenGLVideoSync: GLX Video Sync extension not present.
>2005-10-21 11:33:50.012 Using audio as timebase
>2005-10-21 11:33:50.012 Video timing method: RTC
>2
>
>Anybody care to comment?
>
Does glxgears run for you?  What's the reported fps (in both the default 
window size and full screen)?  And, what's your screen resolution?

I've only used NVIDIA cards, but figuring out whether OpenGL works on 
your system is definitely the first step before figuring out why Myth 
won't use it.

Mike