[mythtv-users] XvMC not working - Nvidia

[jason maxwell]

On 3/23/07, jason maxwell <decepticon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/23/07, Damian Surr <damian at gingermagic.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >  William Munson wrote:
> >  Damian Surr wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >  Save yourself a lot of grief. Install "envy" and let it install the
> > latest nvidia drivers for you. You can find envy at this url.
> >
> > http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html
> >
> >
> >  I actually did that (sorry I didn't mention it, I forgot what it was
> > called). I installed the drivers manually following a guide, but got
> > nervous that I'd not done it properly because the 3D performance
> > didn't seem to be what I would expect (Planet Penguin Racer stutters
> > and I wouldn't expect it to on a 5200 even though I've only got a 1Gig
> > Athlon processor. Also, the simple 'fade in' of the log in screen in
> > Ubuntu seems to stutter. I really didn't expect that). I than did the
> > envy install and all seemed to go well. The 3D performance didn't
> > change, but I'm fairly confident that the drivers are installed correctly.
> >
> > Damian
> >
> >  Do you get the nvidia logo flashing on the screen at bootup?
> >
> >  Yes, that's there fine.
> >
> >  If not check your xorg.conf file for Driver "nvidia" rather than Driver
> > "nv". Also check for Option "NoLogo" and make sure its 0 or false.
> >
> >  I'm using 'nvidia' in xorg.
> >  Maybe I should post my xorg file?
> >
> >  Does glxgears run and what kind of frame rate does it report?
> >
> >  I just ran it and it came up in a window ok. Not sure how to get framerate
> > from it. I'll have to look later. I'm supposed to be working today and I've
> > done nothing more than Myth reading and tweaking :-)
>
> when run from a terminal, the framerate is reported in that terminal
> every 3 seconds or so. be sure to not scale the gears window, or cover
> it with another window, that would skew the results.
> -J
>

actually, i just realized the framerate no longer shows in the
terminal by default. it's now an option. run glxgears -printfps and it
will report every 5 seconds or so.
-J


> >
> >  I am running the same version driver as you on a AthlonXP 2200+ and can
> > watch hi-def programming "Live" with just a few stutters and
> > pre-recorded perfectly. You should be able to do SD tv without problems
> > on your 1000.
> >
> >  That's reassuring. I've got a nagging feeling about my 5200 card now do to
> > this and 3d seeming worse that I'd expected. I couldn't find any benchmark
> > comparison app to test it against though. Maybe glxgears is the answer.
> >
> >  Damian
> >
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