[mythtv-users] OSD slow with hardware decoding?

[Curtis Stanford]

I have finally got hardware mpeg2 decoding (CLE266) working with my EPIA 
M10000 box and, for the most part, it works pretty well. It cuts down CPU 
usage to 20-30% and allows me to watch higher resolutions and higher 
bitrates. The weird thing is that any OSD makes the video pause and stutter 
something terrible, especially when it's fading away.

The OSD works much better using software decoding even though much less CPU is 
available. With 70-80% CPU available using hardware decoding does anyone have 
any ideas why the OSD suffers so badly? Is it a buggy driver or just the 
nature of the beast?

And, while I'm at it, why is the OSD black and white using hardware decoding? 
I've seen reference to the problem in the mailing list archives but haven't 
seen a reason why. Is this a dead end or is it something that needs a warm 
body to work on it?

Thanks

Curtis