[mythtv-users] XvMC, the Internal DVD Player, UseXvMCForHDOnly, and You

[Dawning Sky]

On 10/10/06, Gregory Keeney <gkeeney at panasas.com> wrote:
> Dawning Sky wrote:
> > doesn't seem working for me.  inserted a row into settings and
> > restarted the frontend.  still the same.
> >
> Are you running 0.20?
>
> If you run this query:
> select * from settings where value = "UseXvMCForHDOnly";

interesting.  right after i inserted the row i checked and it was
there.  now it's gone.  perhaps i should stop the backend first before
i operate on the database?

>
> You should get something like:
> +------------------+------+----------+
> | value            | data | hostname |
> +------------------+------+----------+
> | UseXvMCForHDOnly | 1    | june     |
> +------------------+------+----------+
> (with your frontend hostname...)
>
> The easiest way to see that this is working is to bring up a SD digital
> station and notice that the OSD is in color... You can then flip to an
> HD station and the OSD will be back to monochrome...

because i have set the UseChromaKeyOSD workaround, all my OSDs are in color.

i will try again this evening.

>
> It bears repeating that all of this will only work right if you already
> have a stable XvMC configuration. If you are still having problems with
> XvMC this will only make matters... more confusing.
>
> Also, I should note that while this does not fix _all_ of the issues
> that the Internal DVD player has -- I still can't play burned discs, for
> example -- but it does make it workable. You might want to try a
> different DVD, though I would try the HD / SD channel test first.
>
> In my case, I found the trade off of having a native OSD and UI worth
> the occasional touchy DVD -- I ended up setting up the VCD player to run
> 'xine -f dvd://' and I use that for discs that I _know_ won't play. This
> gives me a nice hybrid system; I get to use the Internal player most of
> the time. (It also makes that VCD menu item mean something to me... I
> haven't seen a VCD since 1998...)
>
> --
> Gregory Keeney

DS