[mythtv-users] mythtv and intel on CPU graphics

[Karl Newman]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 14 June 2012 12:52, Karl Newman <siliconfiend at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> previously it was using around 35% CPU with the Slim profile. BTW, the
>> Sandy Bridge Core i3 has the HD2000 GPU, which I think is mainly fewer
>> pipelines and maybe some other differences which are insignificant for
>> me.
>
> I don't think that matter for VAAPI, HD2000/3000 have the same
> capabilities decoding-wise
>
>>
>> I'm using Gentoo (amd64), so mesa got pulled in by xorg-server. (mesa
>> version 8.0.3, xorg-server version 1.11.4-r1) I also have kernel
>> 3.4.0-gentoo (a bunch of Sandy Bridge improvements went into that
>> kernel), libva-1.1.0,  libva-intel-driver-1.0.18,
>> xf86-video-intel-2.19.0. I think those are the key packages. Other
>> package versions may work but I haven't tested them.
>
> sure.. but what does vainfo return...
> VAAPI may just not have the required packages to properly work

VAAPI is working for me on my Core i3. I was posting my working
configuration for reference (including my vainfo output). Now the OP
has the drivers installed but has a green screen problem, which I
can't help with.

Karl