[mythtv-users] More XvMC data points

Michael Tiller michael.tiller at gmail.com
Tue Dec 5 18:55:38 UTC 2006


On 12/4/06, Tom Lichti <tom at redpepperracing.com> wrote:

> I was doing some playing around with my main frontend last night, and
> playing an HD signal without XvMC enabled, I had (on a dual core P4) 99%
> usage on core one (MFE) and 56% usage on core two (X). With XvMC
> enabled, I had about 45% CPU combined, so XvMC *is* working for me on my
> main system. This was with current SVN as of last night, and the latest
> nVidia beta drivers (9742). I had no stuttering, no prebuffer pauses, or
> any other issues, aside from what *seems* like frame skipping, but I see
> nothing in the logs to indicate that, so I'm not sure if it's real or not.


Hmmm...Well I built the lastest SVN and I'm using nVidia 9631 drivers (not
quite what you have) and I've still got lots of problems.  Of course, that
might just be my CPU.  I can playback using XvMC with just a bit of
hiccuping.  For some content, I can keep my CPU down to about 70% (on my P4
2.4GHz) but for much of the programming it jumps to 99%.  The heavy X
utilization has disappeared (both with and without XvMC).  I'm not sure why
though.

In short, I'm still lacking a viable HD solution (even with XvMC running).
:-(

--
Mike
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