[mythtv-users] VDPAU, etc (hasn't been 'HDHomeRun - Comcast shut off clear QAM' for a while)

Jay Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Thu Dec 12 19:43:10 UTC 2013


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael T. Dean" <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>

> VDPAU is Video Decode & Presentation API for Unix.
> 
> The Video Decode part is the part that pushes the encoded video to the
> hardware decoder to decode it.
> 
> The Video Presentation part is the part that allows drawing the
> decoded video frames on screen.
> 
> So, the presentation part replaces the
> (designed-for-another-simpler-era's-video) Xv rendering with a
> more-full-featured rendering and drawing framework (that allows for
> much better OSDs and such).

Could not having enabled that with the proprietary drivers be a cause for
VBI tearing?

Cause I have that now, among other weirdness in .26

Cheers,
-- jra
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