[mythtv-users] Nvidia just released 8756.

[Steven Adeff]

On 4/14/06, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Steven Adeff wrote:
> > On 4/14/06, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 4/14/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 04/14/2006 05:05 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 4/14/06, Daniel Kristjansson <danielk at cuymedia.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 23:35 -0400, Steven Adeff wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Brad, I wonder if there are other options that may affect this. Could
> >>>>>> you post your Screen and Device sections? Also, do you have Composite
> >>>>>> and RENDER both on?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Quote from Andy Ritger @ nVidia:
> >>>>> - A Video Overlay Xv Adaptor is obviously fundamentally incompatible
> >>>>>   with Damage/Composite.  Should X drivers no longer advertise
> >>>>>   Video Overlay Xv adaptors if they are running in an X server that
> >>>>>   includes Composite support?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Composite can not be used with XVideo overlay, and ChromaKeyOSD
> >>>>> relies on XVideo overlay. By enabling Composite you are basically
> >>>>> enabling "XvmcUsesTextures" which breaks ChromaKeyOSD.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Note also that XVideo does not yet play nice with the Composite
> >>>>> Extension, so if you enable Composite you should shut down your
> >>>>> composite manager before starting up XVideo playback.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> BTW If you want to have see some semi-transparent MythTV windows,
> >>>>> you can make MythTV ignore XVideo by defining the NO_XV environment
> >>>>> variable. I can run 4 SDTV instances of mythfrontend on my CPU
> >>>>> without XVideo... This will, of course, use significantly more CPU
> >>>>> than using XVideo.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> Daniel, interesting information. So let me see if I understand...
> >>>>
> >>>> 1) if using XvMC, turn off Composite
> >>>> 2) if using Xv, turn off Composite
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> AIUI,
> >>>
> >>> 1) if using XvMC /with ChromakeyOSD/, turn off Composite
> >>> 2) if using Xv, turn off Composite
> >>> 3) if using XvMC without ChromakeyOSD, take your choice...
> >>>
> >> right, forgot to differentiate the Chromakey stuff.
> >>
> >> So whats the good word on the RENDER extension?
> >>
> >
> > turned off composite and now things look to be working properly. The
> > OSD still is not in color, but the stuttering is at a minimum now
> > (only with the full show info OSD) which I can live with considering
> > the CPU savings I get overall.
> >
> > OpenGL Vsync = on
> > Deinterlace = off
> > Standard XvMC
> >
> >
> This is what I have.
> How, please tell me, do you turn off composite?
>
> (BTW: I tried "RenderAccel" "true" and "false". Didn't seem to make a
> difference. I have a MX440, so that might be a factor)

in the extensions section,
Option "Composite" "0"

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Steve