[mythtv-users] Re: pcHDTV and HDTV

[Joseph A. Caputo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Isaac Richards
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 1:29 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: pcHDTV and HDTV
>
>
> The xvmc stuff in CVS (and the last release) works fine.  Of
> course, it uses
> _more_ cpu than software decoding on my gf4.
>
> Isaac

Can someone enlighten me as to the purpose/benefit of XvMC support?  Is it
for smoother playback?  I thought it was hardware-accelerated, so why does
it take more CPU (or is that just because the Myth code works but isn't
optimal yet?)

-JAC