<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>I'm hoping someone out there has the same setup I do :)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I just installed 0.20 and I'm testing it out. Thing is, I'm having a hard time checking if XvMC is working. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Watching a SD recording (off a PCHDTV-5500), with the following settings on, I'm getting 50% CPU usage on a AMD64 3000+. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Deinterlacing: off (Bob gets the CPU to 90%ish)</DIV><DIV>Preferred decoder: XvMC</DIV><DIV>Enable OpenGL Sync: Off (turning it on gets the CPU to 70%)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>NVidia binary drivers, version 8774; a 6150 chipset motherboard using the built-in video out. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I've seen that XvMC is supposed to get CPU usage down to the 10% range, but I've never seen that much of a decrease. Am I missing something? </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>From the log file:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:27.782 XvMCSurfaceTypes::find(w 720, h 480, chroma 1, vld 0, idct 1, mpeg2, sub-width 0, sub-height 0, disp, p<= 274, 2740 <=p, port, surfNum)</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:27.798 Trying XvMC port 274</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:27.815 Found a suitable XvMC surface 0</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:27.816 ~VideoOutputNull()</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:27.832 VideoOutputXv: @ j=1 Looking for flag[s]: XvInputMask </DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:27.865 VideoOutputXv: Adaptor#0: NV17 Video Texture has flag[s]: XvInputMask XvImageMask </DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:27.882 XvMCSurfaceTypes::find(w 720, h 480, chroma 1, vld 0, idct 1, mpeg2, sub-width 0, sub-height 0, disp, p<= 274, 2740 <=p, port, surfNum)</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:27.898 Trying XvMC port 274</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:27.915 Found a suitable XvMC surface 0</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:27.940 VideoOutputXv: Grabbed xv port 274</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:27.956 VideoOutputXv: XvMC surface found with IDCT support on port 274</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:27.981 VideoOutputXv: Closing XVideo port 274</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:27.999 detectInterlace(Detect Scan, Interlaced Scan, 29.97, 480) ->Interlaced Scan</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.023 AFD: Looking for decoder for MPEG2VIDEO_XVMC</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.040 AFD: Opened codec 0x8f6740, id(MPEG2VIDEO_XVMC) type(Video)</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.056 AFD: Stream #1, has id 0x84 codec id AC3, type Audio, bitrate 192000 at 0x0x14d4730</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.073 AFD: Looking for decoder for AC3</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.090 AFD: Opened codec 0x14994b0, id(AC3) type(Audio)</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.106 RingBuf(/mnt/store/recordings/2213_20060911080000.mpg): CalcReadAheadThresh(3136 KB)</DIV><DIV> -> threshhold(114 KB) min read(32 KB) blk size(64 KB)</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.125 Opening ALSA audio device 'hw'.</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.261 Dec: Trying to select track (w/lang)</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.281 Dec: Selecting first track</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.298 Dec: Selected track #1 in the Unknown language(0)</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.314 Resyncing position map. posmapStarted = 0 livetv(0) watchingRec(0)</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.373 Position map filled from DB to: 53865</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.390 SyncPositionMap prerecorded, from DB: 3592 entries</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.406 SyncPositionMap, new totframes: 53865, new length: 1797, posMap size: 3592</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.422 AFD: Position map found</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.439 AFD: Successfully opened decoder for file: "/mnt/store/recordings/2213_20060911080000.mpg". novideo(0)</DIV><DIV>2006-09-11 15:52:28.468 VideoOutputXv: ctor</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Drew</DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>--</DIV><DIV>Drew Bernat</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:abernat@zathras.net">abernat@zathras.net</A></DIV><DIV>"Gentlemen, the stegosaur. 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