[mythtv-users] XvMC with Nvidia 7676 no change in CPU usage?

[Dan Seddon]

Steven Adeff wrote:

>On 3/11/06, Kevin Kuphal <kuphal at dls.net> wrote:
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>>Steven Adeff wrote:
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>>>I'm playing around with XvMC on my desktop/server since it has a
>>>FX5200 and I'm thinking of using it as a frontend for my bedroom. I've
>>>got Myth and mplayer compiled with XvMC support and both look like
>>>they're using xvmc when I enable them to, but what I don't see is any
>>>reduction in CPU usage with either.
>>>I'm running X as root to make sure I have full privileges as I test.
>>>I'm testing mostly with HD content since SD content uses so little CPU
>>>on my machine to begin with.
>>>
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>>If you have a greyscale OSD, then you are using XvMC.  If your OSD is
>>color, you're not.  XvMC is selected in the playback settings for TV
>>where you pick your MPEG decoder (Standard, libmpeg2, XvMC, etc.).
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>>Kevin
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>Ok, OSD is greyscale, so XvMC is on, and I'm noticing lots of
>stuttering when I bring up an OSD. 
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For this particular problem try:

Option "XvmcUsesTextues" "true"

As an nvidia option.

Ta

Dan