[mythtv-users] XvMC with Nvidia 7676 no change in CPU usage?

[Kevin Kuphal]

Steven Adeff wrote:
> I'm playing around with XvMC on my desktop/server since it has a
> FX5200 and I'm thinking of using it as a frontend for my bedroom. I've
> got Myth and mplayer compiled with XvMC support and both look like
> they're using xvmc when I enable them to, but what I don't see is any
> reduction in CPU usage with either.
> I'm running X as root to make sure I have full privileges as I test.
> I'm testing mostly with HD content since SD content uses so little CPU
> on my machine to begin with.
>   
If you have a greyscale OSD, then you are using XvMC.  If your OSD is 
color, you're not.  XvMC is selected in the playback settings for TV 
where you pick your MPEG decoder (Standard, libmpeg2, XvMC, etc.). 

Kevin