[mythtv-users] Differences in Video Output

[Michael Wisniewski]

Thanks for the response.  :)

Is DirectFB better than running myth through X11?

Thanks again!

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Dan Ritter <dsr-myth at tao.merseine.nu> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 08:51:50PM -0500, Michael Wisniewski wrote:
>  > I was wondering if anybody has a guide to different video outputs in
>  > mythtv, and the pro's and con's with all of them.  When you compile
>  > it, you get the following list...
>  >
>  > # Video Output Support
>  > x11 support               yes
>         Basic display in X, rather than a framebuffer (DirectFB)
>  > xrandr support            yes
>         X extension to change video resolution on the fly
>  > xv support                yes
>         X extension to write video to screen; prereq for most
>         others
>  > XvMC support              yes
>         X extension for acceleration on most NVidia and some
>         VIA/S3 uniChrome and some Intel adapters. Good for HD on most CPUs and
>         necessary on some.
>  > XvMC VLD support          yes
>         extra XvMC functionality on some VIA chips.
>  > XvMC pro support          no
>         extra XvMC functionality on other VIA chips
>  > XvMC OpenGL sup.          no
>         XvMC and OpenGl rendering on sufficiently spiffy cards
>  > XvMC libs                 -lXvMCW
>         where the card-specific interface library for XvMC is.
>  > OpenGL video              no
>         OpenGL video alone for very high-end cards
>  > OpenGL vsync              no
>         OpenGL synchronization method
>  > DirectFB                  no
>         Display without X
>  > Fribidi formatting        no
>         Bidirectional text support for right-to-left languages.
>
>  These are all off the top of my head, I may be wrong.
>
>  -dsr-
>
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