[mythtv-users] Cannot get XVMC to work?

[Tom Lichti]

Nate Carlson wrote:
> On Wed, 17 May 2006, Daniel Kristjansson wrote:
>   
>> There is actually a fix in SVN head that might help. The nVidia XvMC 
>> implementation only has 8 XvMC surfaces, a couple of which are needed 
>> for the blended (grey) OSD. But the XvMC in 0.19-fixes sometimes leaks a 
>> surfaces when it can't keep up with frame display, there is some code in 
>> SVN head that attempts to recapture these frames more quickly than the 
>> recapture code in 0.19-fixes. The net effect is better recovery after 
>> high motion video, OSD display, and prebuffer pauses.
>>     
>
> Sounds like time to upgrade to HEAD, then.  :)
>
> That's not in 0.19-fixes, I'm assuming?
>
> Also, is it ok to run HEAD's Frontend with 0.19's backend, or do I need to 
> upgrade both?
>
>   
Both.

Tom