<span class="gmail_quote">On 3/12/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steven Adeff</b> <<a href="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com">adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex">
On 3/12/06, Jerry Rubinow <<a href="mailto:jerrymr@gmail.com">jerrymr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> On 3/12/06, Steven Adeff <<a href="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com">adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > On 3/11/06, Kevin Kuphal <
<a href="mailto:kuphal@dls.net">kuphal@dls.net</a>> wrote:<br>> > > Steven Adeff wrote:<br>> > > > I'm playing around with XvMC on my desktop/server since it has a<br>> > > > FX5200 and I'm thinking of using it as a frontend for my bedroom. I've
<br>> > > > got Myth and mplayer compiled with XvMC support and both look like<br>> > > > they're using xvmc when I enable them to, but what I don't see is any<br>> > > > reduction in CPU usage with either.
<br>> > > > I'm running X as root to make sure I have full privileges as I test.<br>> > > > I'm testing mostly with HD content since SD content uses so little CPU<br>> > > > on my machine to begin with.
<br>> > > ><br>> > > If you have a greyscale OSD, then you are using XvMC. If your OSD is<br>> > > color, you're not. XvMC is selected in the playback settings for TV<br>> > > where you pick your MPEG decoder (Standard, libmpeg2, XvMC, etc.).
<br>> > ><br>> > > Kevin<br>> ><br>> > Ok, OSD is greyscale, so XvMC is on, and I'm noticing lots of<br>> > stuttering when I bring up an OSD. But I'm still not seeing much, if<br>> > any, of a reduction in CPU usage on playback though. Is there a way to
<br>> > "tune" xvmc or something?<br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Steve<br>><br>> I had to turn off OpenGL VSync before XvMC would work reliably for me.<br>><br>> -Jerry<br><br>I've got all the options in nvidia-settings turned off....
<br></blockquote><br>Did you uncheck the OpenGL option on the Myth Playback options page? That's what made things better for me.<br><br>-Jerry<br>