[mythtv-users] Nvidia just released 8756.

[Brad Fuller]

Steven Adeff wrote:
> On 4/14/06, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On 4/14/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> On 04/14/2006 05:05 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On 4/14/06, Daniel Kristjansson <danielk at cuymedia.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 23:35 -0400, Steven Adeff wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Brad, I wonder if there are other options that may affect this. Could
>>>>>> you post your Screen and Device sections? Also, do you have Composite
>>>>>> and RENDER both on?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Quote from Andy Ritger @ nVidia:
>>>>> - A Video Overlay Xv Adaptor is obviously fundamentally incompatible
>>>>>   with Damage/Composite.  Should X drivers no longer advertise
>>>>>   Video Overlay Xv adaptors if they are running in an X server that
>>>>>   includes Composite support?
>>>>>
>>>>> Composite can not be used with XVideo overlay, and ChromaKeyOSD
>>>>> relies on XVideo overlay. By enabling Composite you are basically
>>>>> enabling "XvmcUsesTextures" which breaks ChromaKeyOSD.
>>>>>
>>>>> Note also that XVideo does not yet play nice with the Composite
>>>>> Extension, so if you enable Composite you should shut down your
>>>>> composite manager before starting up XVideo playback.
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW If you want to have see some semi-transparent MythTV windows,
>>>>> you can make MythTV ignore XVideo by defining the NO_XV environment
>>>>> variable. I can run 4 SDTV instances of mythfrontend on my CPU
>>>>> without XVideo... This will, of course, use significantly more CPU
>>>>> than using XVideo.
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Daniel, interesting information. So let me see if I understand...
>>>>
>>>> 1) if using XvMC, turn off Composite
>>>> 2) if using Xv, turn off Composite
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> AIUI,
>>>
>>> 1) if using XvMC /with ChromakeyOSD/, turn off Composite
>>> 2) if using Xv, turn off Composite
>>> 3) if using XvMC without ChromakeyOSD, take your choice...
>>>       
>> right, forgot to differentiate the Chromakey stuff.
>>
>> So whats the good word on the RENDER extension?
>>     
>
> turned off composite and now things look to be working properly. The
> OSD still is not in color, but the stuttering is at a minimum now
> (only with the full show info OSD) which I can live with considering
> the CPU savings I get overall.
>
> OpenGL Vsync = on
> Deinterlace = off
> Standard XvMC
>
>   
This is what I have.
How, please tell me, do you turn off composite?

(BTW: I tried "RenderAccel" "true" and "false". Didn't seem to make a
difference. I have a MX440, so that might be a factor)