[mythtv-users] mythbuntu 9.10 / myth 0.22 & vdpau

[Peter Lord]

On Wednesday 07 Oct 2009 20:50:10 Peter Lord wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 Oct 2009 18:20:03 Johnny wrote:
> > > However, I'm not sure I can do this .. the mythbuntu myth packages
> > > depend on nvidia-185-libvdpau.
> > >
> > > So, if I try to remove it (ready to execute the nvidia installer), the
> > > package system wants to remove all of myth :-(
> >
> > Yeah this is a challenge. As I understand it the way they are packaged
> > you basically have to use the same version that the mythtv package was
> > compiled against. In Jean-Yves repository he has followed nvidia's
> > advice and made them separate so that you can switch drivers without
> > having to reinstall mythtv. He also has the all the recent nvidia
> > drivers there. You may want to give his repository a try:
> > http://avenard.org/media/Ubuntu_Repository/Ubuntu_Repository.html. He
> > basically follows mythbuntu with very minimal changes.
> 
> Great, thanks.  I used to use the 0.21-fixes until I re-installed ...
> 
> So now I have Jean-Yves's trunk + nvidia 190.36 ... amazingly myth just
> started up as normal after the upgrades !
> 
> However, no change to the nvidia playback :-(

I did notice that playing back a DVD rip was fine ... so I'm thinking that 
vdpau is especially sensitive to minor blips in the signal.