[mythtv-users] XvMC errors (was Getting XVMC working and knowingit?)

[Chris Wieringa]

>When it dies, I get this message in the log file:
>Unable to create XvMC Context
>
>My estimation of what is happening in my installation is as follows:
>When mythfrontend allocates or creates the XvMC Context the first time,
>it works fine.  However, for some reason, it appears that it doesn't get
>released by mythfrontend when I stop watching video.  If I try to switch
>back to live TV or watch another recording, myth seems to try to
>"reallocate" the XvMC context.  I'm guessing that since it's already
>"allocated", X returns an error and mythfrontend dies.  Once
>mythfrontend expires, X is all cleaned up and a new instance of
>mythfrontend can proceed to play full screen video, one time.
>
>I'm hesitant to completely blame myth for this, as I know very little of
>how these things work.  

It was a Myth bug when tearing down the XvMC context, and it has been fixed in
CVS a little bit after the .13 release.  If you need more information on the
fix, check out the -dev list archives.

Chris Wieringa
cwieri39 at calvin.edu