[mythtv-users] Converted MCE PC to MythTV - HDTV question

Justin The Cynical cynical at penguinness.org
Wed Nov 8 20:17:38 UTC 2006


Iohan Reyes wrote:
> Is there something I'm doing wrong then with my XvMC implementation?
> All I did was create a file called /etc/X11/XvMCConfig with one line in
> it:
> 
> libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1
> 
> Then I changed the option in Mythfrontend's playback options screen to
> use Standard XvMC.  Sorry if I'm missing something obvious, I was only
> following the wiki page and there was no mention of anything more
> involved than that.
> 
> How do I know if it is actually using the NVIDIA XvMC libs or something
> else?  I only based my assumption that it was because the CPU
> utilization dropped about 20% and it was less herky jerky than non-XvMC.

The XvMCConfig matches mine and it sounds like it's working as well 
considering your CPU has dropped.

To make sure, turn on the logging when you start the front end next 
time.  Also the OSD will be B&W when XvMC is on.

Which version of myth are you trying to run?


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