[mythtv-users] nVidia 9600GT and XvMC - there or not?

Nick Morrott knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Wed Jul 16 02:25:10 UTC 2008


2008/7/16 Robin Smith <1canuck2 at gmail.com>:
> I have just redone my Myth box and have gone with an nVidia 9600GT
> card (to replace the ATI HD3850 that I simply could not get to work
> with TV out).  It outputs over HDMI and was almost plug and play
> compared to my previous X fun with a FX5600 (modeline hell...) and the
> failure to conifg TV out on the ATI HD3850 I initially bought.
>
> I have read lots about the lack of XvMC support in the 8xxx series,
> but someone (anyone?) confirm whether or not XvMC support should be in
> the 9xxx series? I am guessing not, since I can't get it to work! XvMC

Searching suggests (results echoed on nvnews.net and the MythTV wiki)
that XvMC support was removed after the 7xxx series from NVidia.

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