[mythtv-users] XvMC - less stable on 0.17 and latest CVS compared to 0.16

[John Kuhn]

Will Dormann wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Has anybody noticed stability problems with XvMC and 0.17 or later? 
> When I fast forward a lot or press the pause button and let it go for 
> a while, when I unpause it my machine is locks up.
>
> I should mention that I have *no* hard lockup problems with 0.16
>
> What made me test the CVS version is that I recently realized that 
> Live TV doesn't seem to play well with XvMC enabled on 0.16.  I'm 
> using Bob Deinterlacing with this patch:
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/87191
>
> The OSD flickers, which I can mostly live with.   But it seems that if 
> the OSD is on the screen for too long, it can cause the video to go 
> corrupt.   What seems to trigger this is watching Live TV, then 
> changing channels.   It looks like having the OSD up while changing 
> channels causes mythfrontend to hang.   I can exit X and restart it to 
> get up and running again, though.   (Compared to 0.17 where I have to 
> hit the power switch)
>
I have the same issues as well.. i had to disable it..

--John