[mythtv-users] Making Sure XvMC is working

[Tom E. Craddock, Jr.]

Howdy

Ive been reading thru the lists and read that when XvMC is enabled, 
people are seeing black and white OSD which flickers...now that doesnt 
happen to me so Im not sure its enabled.  Ive chosed Bob as the 
deinterlace filter, and checked the box for Xv as well, and when I start 
mythfrontend, I see it says using XV port 145....but nothing about XvMC, 
nothing in the backend log eitther.  I am using the 6629 Nvidia Drivers, 
FX5700LE card on FC2 following Jarods guide, all updated from 
Atrpms.net, and in my Xorg log it says 'Loading extension 
XVideo-MotionCompensation' so I assume that means that X is loading the 
XvMC extensions...Im just at a loss as to how to get this working, if it 
isnt already, in Myth.  Im trying to see if using XvMC will help in 
playback from my pcHDTV card on an XP2000+ AMD CPU, as Ive seen others 
post that they are able to do so using a Celeron+XvMC+5200 Nvidia card 
(Im getting prebuffering pauses, seems like it COULD play it back if it 
had a bit more chutzpah to it which I hope XvMC will add).  Sorry if Im 
adding to the confusion on the list, but I havent found a definitive way 
to check that XvMC is working in MythTV.  If you need anymore info, 
please let me know.

Tom Craddock, Jr