[mythtv-users] [old] Re: XvMC and libmpeg2 to be dropped in 0.25

[Jay Foster]

On 2/10/2011 10:20 AM, Rob Smith<kormoc at mythtv.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Jay Foster<jayf0ster at sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
>> >  Maybe I missed it in this thread, but what does "XvMC and libmpeg2 to be
>> >  dropped in 0.25" really mean?  Does this mean that I will no longer be able
>> >  to play back my MPEG2 videos (DVD and HDHR TV recordings)?  Will doing so be
>> >  possible only with VDPAU?  To me, that seems a bit restrictive.  The
>> >  software decode/playback seems more tolerant of data errors than VDPAU, so
>> >  some (me) prefer it.  It would also lock everyone into a single vendor
>> >  NVIDIA for video cards.  That doesn't seem like the open source MythTV way.
>> >    Hopefully, this is not what dropping libmpeg2 in 0.25 means.
> No, that's not what it means.
>
> We currently have the following options:
> XV (Pure Software)
> XV with LibMpeg2 (Pure Software optimized for old AMD k2 processors
> with reduced quality)
> XvMC (Slight Hardware Offload)
> VDPAU (Hardware Offload)
> OpenGL
>
>
> XV with LibMpeg2 really hasn't been useful to anyone for years and
> users toggle it on and get a worse looking picture and then blame myth
> for being 'crappy'. It's a toggle switch that just needs to be
> removed.
>
> You'll still be able to play your dvds/whatnots in pure software
> modes, just without speed hacks for processors that are 8 years old.
>

Thanks so much for clearing that up for me.

Jay