[mythtv-users] Help working out XvMC, de-interlacing, and a few other basics

CykoDuck cykoduck at gmail.com
Thu Jan 12 21:01:49 UTC 2006


>
> First basic question: How do I know if I'm using XvMC?  I've got an
> nVidia 5200 based video card.  My readings lead me to believe that this
> is not something that is "settable" in my xorg.conf or via
> nvidia-settings.  Is this something that must be enabled/disabled when
> mythfrontend is built?


Three pages later in that same menu is the "use XvMC"



Am I on the right track?  If so, is it worth trying to build mythtv
> myself to get XvMC?  Will it likely lead to improved quality (my main
> issues are with fast-moving scenes, like a football game)?  I've got a
> pretty powerful box with plenty of CPU, so that's not really a
> motivation for me.
>
> A related question is: can you still select custom de-interlacing and
> filters when you DO have XvMC enabled?



Yes
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