[mythtv-users] XvMC

[Brandon Beattie]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 11:03:50AM -0500, John Johnson wrote:
> I'm a little confused about XvMC.
> When searching the archives I see people saying, "Use XvMC, it will 
> help so and so." and other people saying, "I used XvMC and everything 
> is fine now." but there doesn't seem to be any specifics that say, do 
> this to use XvMC, or, do this to see if you're using XvMC.
> 
> I think I did an:
> install-i686-lx
> when I installed KnoppMyth, but I'm not sure.
> 
> How do you use/load/install XvMC, or tell if it is already in 
> use/loaded/installed?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Regards,
>   JJ

To find out if you're using it, watch the console for the frontend.  You
will see a message for something like, "Using XvMC Port".  If you don't,
check your playback settings.  On the screeen with the pvr-x50 support
(like 4 screens in) on the bottom it will have "enable XvMC" as an
option.  If you don't see this, your version of Myth was not compiled
with support. Get the latest myth source and edit settings.pro and
uncomment the lines for XvMC support. Compile myth, install it, select
"enable XvMC" in the playback settings and look for the message saying
you're using XvMC.

--Brandon