[mythtv-users] Cheap Possible Frontend - performance problem

Clyde Stubbs clyde at htsoft.com
Fri May 12 08:02:10 EDT 2006


On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 04:38:29PM -0400, dick at photoclerk.com wrote:
> Yeah, HD won't work, but 480i works great.  I've got three front-ends in

Ok, inspired by these messages, I bought a Compaq Deskpro EN from eBay,
paid the expected $80 (but Aussie $, so even better). I have installed
Mythdora on it (and upgraded my backend to .19) and it's all working, but
playback is a little jerky. CPU usage is running at about 72%, so I suspect
that it's dropping frames. 

Are there any suggestions on making this work better? I have seen some
references to using XvMC with the Intel 815 integrated video, but I've turned
that on, and it doesn't seem to be being used - the xorg.log says that
XvMC is on, but mythfrontend -v playback says it's not supported.

Suggestions anyone?

TIA.

mythfrontend output:

2006-05-12 20:33:57.150 VideoOutputXv Error: XvMC output requested, but is not supported by display.
Xlib:  extension "XVideo-MotionCompensation" missing on display ":0.0".
2006-05-12 20:33:57.160 XvMCSurfaceTypes::find(w 768, h 576, chroma 1, vld 0, idct 1, mpeg2, sub-wid
th 0, sub-height 0, disp, p<= 61, 610 <=p, port, surfNum)
2006-05-12 20:33:57.161 Trying XvMC port 61
Xlib:  extension "XVideo-MotionCompensation" missing on display ":0.0".



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