[mythtv-users] Nvidia just released 8756.

[Steven Adeff]

On 4/13/06, itsmebcc <itsmebcc at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >well, I rebuilt mythfrontend enabled XvMC and OpenGL (and applied a
> >patch I need to test...)
>
> >Well, XvMC works, beautifully. Xorg uses no CPU now, Mythfrontend uses
> >~10% less than before. Overall nice. The OSD is black and white, and I
> >get a lot of stuttering when they display, but this is way beyond what
> >I was able to do before. It works for both 1080i and 720p which is
> >nice. OpenGL seems to just cause problems with or without XvMC, so
> >I've disabled it.
>
> >Anyone have an idea of how to "solve" the OSD stutter when XvMC is enabled?
>
> Enable ChromaKeyOSD.  It is already in the fixes branch, all you have to do
> to enable it is add this into mysql.
>
> INSERT INTO settings (`value`,`data`,`hostname`) VALUES
> ("UseChromaKeyOSD","1","your_host_name")
>
> You will want to change your_host_name to your actual hostname obviously.
> But I Have very good results when the chromakeyosd is enabled.  Not only
> does my screen not flicker, but the osd is in color.

Does this work with the NVidia drivers? I was under the impression it
was for one of the other XvMC capable video cards.

--
Steve