[mythtv-users] VIA EPIA XvMC problems upgrading from 0.18 to 0.19

[Jules Gosnell]

Jules Gosnell wrote:

>Steve Daniels wrote:
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>>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users- 
>>>bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Jules Gosnell
>>>Sent: 05 March 2006 14:11
>>>To: Discussion about mythtv
>>>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] VIA EPIA XvMC problems upgrading from 0.18 
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>>>0.19
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>>>Hi Chris,
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>>>You're getting further than I am!
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>>>I had XvMC working nicely on my VIA frontend with 0.18, upgraded to 
>>>0.19 and now don't even have an option to enable this in my frontend
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>>>OSD has reverted to blue (I'm using the blue theme) when it was always 
>>>grey when XvMC was being used and CPU usage is way up - since I only 
>>>have a 1ghz Ezra, this is a problem as it cannot always keep up - 
>>>particularly with LiveTV.
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>>>I rebuilt myth-0.19 on the frontend ensuring that all relevant xvmc 
>>>switches were enabled, checked my XvMCConfig and linked it to my 
>>>~mythv and ~/.mythtv/<some-subdir> directories - I found some posting 
>>>that recommended this.
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>>>Still no joy - frontend setup does not mention anything about XvMC :-(
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>>>If anyone has any ideas, or has XvMC working with 0.19, I would be 
>>>very interested in hearing from them.
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>>>Thanks for you time, guys - and thanks for 0.19 - from what I have 
>>>seen of it so far, it looks like a good move forward.
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>>>Jules
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>>It seems I'm in the same boat. I'll definitely be staying tuned to this
>>thread.
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>The good news is that the option to enable VIA XvMC is still there, it 
>has just moved - try :
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>Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> TV Settings -> Playback -> 'Preferred MPEG2 
>Decoder' -> VIA XvMC
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>The bad news is that, at least for me, enabling it now results in 
>corrupted video when viewing both livetv and recordings that play fine 
>without it. The screen tends to divide itself into several rectangles 
>horizontally and these are filled with green and pink garbage. Amount of 
>corruption varies on each play ...
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>I remember seeing something like this early on with XvMC travels but it 
>all got fixed and I had been using exactly the same setup with 0.18 
>(i.e. the only variable is the MythTV version) for many months with no 
>issues....
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>I am interested to learn if other are seeing the same problems.
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>My setup is FC3:
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>xorg-x11-6.8.99-902.0.FC3.ucr.2
>kernel-2.6.12-1.1381_FC3
>kernel-module-via-drm-2.6.12-1.1381_FC3-2.7.2-1.ucr
>mythtv-0.19-123.rhfc3.at
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>I think ! - I am copying the text off the screen of my tv and it's hard 
>to read...
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>I'll try upgrading some of the other bits and bobs this evening to see 
>if that makes any difference....
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>regards,
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>Jules
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>P.S.
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>h/w is a 1ghz VIA Ezra
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OK - So I have upgraded various pieces of my system to :

mythtv-0.19-124.rhfc3.at
xorg-x11-6.9-0.FC3.ucr.5
kernel-2.6.12-1.1381_FC3
kernel-module-via-drm-2.6.12-1.1381_FC3-2.9.0-1.ucr

Interestingly, XvMC seems to 'work' without having been rebuilt for my 
system - which I normally have to do.

However video using XvMC is still being corrupted as described above 
:-(, so, I guess I will be trying to live without it for a while...

If anyone has any patches that they would like me to try on my system, 
or further ideas to throw at me, they would be most welcome - running 
without XvMC is going to really thrash my VIA Ezra - it lives in a 
fanless case aswell, so overheating is a serious problem.

On an upbeat note, 0.19 fixes a number of problems that have been really 
bugging me in 0.18 - I am very happy with it. I just have to get XvMC 
working and I will be a happy man again.

Jules

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