[mythtv] OpenGL vsync broken on Intel i945

[emmanuel]

On 11/23/07, Tino Keitel <tino.keitel at gmx.de> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 09:00:26 +0100, Tino Keitel wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 19:51:18 -0500, George Nassas wrote:
> > > On 22-Nov-07, at 3:21 PM, Tino Keitel wrote:
> > >
> > > > for some months now I can not use OpenGL vsync with SVN trunk
> > > > (currently multirec). When I enable it, LiveTV only shows a short
> > > > moment of too fast video every few seconds. I use Xorg with the Intel
> > > > driver and Mesa 7.0.2.
> > >
> > > There's a diagnosis and workaround described here that should get you
> > > going:
> > >
> > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/301160#301160
> >
> > Thanks a lot, that sounds promising.
>
> I now tried a patched driver, and the frontend reports this:
>
> Video timing method: DRM
>
> However, I still have tearing video.
>
> I also enabled OpenGL vsync in the playback settings of the frontend.
> This works now with the patched driver, but the tearing didn't get
> better.
>
> Regards,
> Tino

Hello,

I've also been having tearing problems with the i945 (intel mac mini)
while using trunk. Changing OSD Renderer from softblend to chromakey
stopped the tearing. The OSD doesn't look as good but it's a good
work-around.

-emmanuel