<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Nick Bright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:boberz@thewatch.org">boberz@thewatch.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Brian C. Huffman wrote:<br>
> Allen Edwards <<a href="mailto:allen.edwards@oldpaloalto.com">allen.edwards@oldpaloalto.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Nick Bright wrote:<br>
> <snip><br>
>>> Why wouldn't you want to use XvMC? I'm not trying to disparage you - I'm<br>
>>> curious. I haven't read anything negative about XvMC, but I've seen some<br>
>>> posts and pages mentioning not wanting to use it by a number of people.<br>
>>><br>
>>> If there's a good reason to not use XvMC, I'd really like to know what<br>
>>> it is so I can make an informed decision on using it in my setup.<br>
>>><br>
> <snip><br>
>> I tried XvMC on my AMD based 5400 setup and it really is not a very good<br>
>> experience. I can't remember exactly but when the OSD comes on things<br>
>> break up or something.<br>
>><br>
>> Allen<br>
><br>
> I don't think the breaking up is due to the XvMC. I believe that's a CPU issue but I could be wrong.<br>
><br>
> As far as why I don't want XvMC - as far as I know you can't get color OSD when using XvMC. Once again, I don't mind being corrected if that's not true.<br>
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</div>My OSD is color, and I'm using XvMC.<br>
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- Nick<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>If I'm remembering correctly, you need a 5200 (or another card that supports chromakey) to do color OSD with XvMC. But unless your TV can take a DVI-I -> hdmi feed you're stuck in S-VIDEO land with the 5200 card. I've got a projector that takes that, so it works for that system but my older 1080i TV only has component so I'm stuck with a 6200 which has a b&w OSD that makes playback stutter when I pause or what have you. I've learned to live with it. It only takes a couple seconds to come back and if you really need to just rewind 15 seconds. The alternative (watching TV with commercials while its airing) is way worse. <br>
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