[mythtv-users] XvMC with i810 on slackware 10.2
Jesse Guardiani
jesse at wingnet.net
Thu Mar 30 17:38:51 UTC 2006
Daniel Kristjansson wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 12:22 -0500, Warren wrote:
>
>> leland sindt wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 20:14 -0600, Leland Sindt wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> / I am trying to use XvMC with the i8xx chipset on Slackware 10.2.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> />/ (**) I810(0): Option "XvMCSurfaces" "7"
>>> /You should set this to at least "8" though "16" would be better.
>>> MythTV struggles with just 8 surfaces because it uses XvMC for
>>> compositing the OSD.
>>>
>>>
>> That is going to be a problem since the i810 driver can do either 6 or
>> 7 surfaces. No other choices.
>>
>
> It would be possible to modify videoout_xv.cpp to allow 7 surfaces,
> but you would have to use the experimental Chromakey OSD.
>
That certainly explains why I've never heard of anyone running XvMC in
Myth on an i810. :)
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Jesse Guardiani
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