CLE266 support (was [mythtv-users] OSD slow with hardware decoding?)

[Chris Wieringa]

>>>> AdamWood at Xephi.co.uk 12/2/2003 7:16:46 AM >>>
>Hi everyone who has an epia,
>
>I'm currently waiting on a power supply and case for my EPIA-M 10000
>(waiting a month already!!). When I get it I plan to take a really good
>look at the OSD for the CLE266 hardware decoder. I'm not saying "I know"
>my programming skills are up to it but I'm going to give it a shot. I
>built a box using an M 6000 recently for a friend so he's keen to see me
>fix it too.

This isn't only a CLE266 problem, but it also exists in the XvMC code as well.
 I'm using XvMC to help out my old 450mhz K6-3 play back better, but OSD makes
it stutter like mad.

>Mike, if you don't mind I'd like to keep your e-mail to hand for testing
>support, if you're up for it. Anyone else with some debugging time and
>an interest in this please let me know.

Once you have a patch send it to the -dev mailing list, there will probably be
lots of people (including me) that will test it out.

>If anyone knows why the OSD is limited to 16 colours I'd love to know.
>Is this a limitation of the hardware? The drivers provided by VIA? Or
>what? (Maybe that question should go to the dev-list?)
>
>Isaac, any pointers would be great.

He posted yesterday saying that it is a hardward limitation.  Also, that he
thought the stuttering was because the OSD was not getting updated enough or
fast enough.

Chris
cwieri39 at calvin.edu