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

[Stephen Dolan]

On 3/7/06, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:
>
> Nobody has yet mentioned the libxvmcw wrapper library that mythtv, mplayer
> and xine use to get access to the xvmc acceleration. I spent a long time
> finding that wrinkle!!
>

Yes, you do need the libXvMCWrapper library, although if libviaXvMC is
being built when you build Xorg, then you should get the wrapper too.
In /usr/X11R6/lib on my box, I have:

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    15 Feb 27 14:11 libXvMCW.so -> libXvMCW.so.1.0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    15 Feb 27 14:11 libXvMCW.so.1 -> libXvMCW.so.1.0
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 18300 Feb 27 14:11 libXvMCW.so.1.0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    20 Feb 27 14:11 libviaXvMCPro.so ->
libviaXvMCPro.so.1.0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    20 Feb 27 14:11 libviaXvMCPro.so.1 ->
libviaXvMCPro.so.1.0
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 80084 Feb 27 14:11 libviaXvMCPro.so.1.0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    17 Feb 27 14:11 libviaXvMC.so -> libviaXvMC.so.1.0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    17 Feb 27 14:11 libviaXvMC.so.1 -> libviaXvMC.so.1.0
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 75608 Feb 27 14:11 libviaXvMC.so.1.0

although I don't need the libviaXvMCPro.so.1.0 as I have the M10000
with CLE266 chipset. Then the file /etc/X11/XvMCConfig tells the
wrapper which XvMC library to load

>
> Or am I thinking of 3D acceleration...
>

3D acceleration is a whole different ballgame and needs the Unichrome
Mesa driver (unichrome_dri.so) along with LibGL.so.1.2

However, AFAIK 3D acceleration is not strictly required for Myth to work well