[mythtv-users] Playing HD w/o XvMC

Chris Ribe chrisribe at gmail.com
Tue Sep 11 23:01:17 UTC 2007


On 9/11/07, Mitch Gore <mitchell.gore at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> oh sorry....nvidia 6200 AGP.
>
> myth at mythtv ~]$ rpm -qa |grep nvidia
> nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-5.fc6.at
> nvidia-graphics9755-libs-1.0_9755-87.fc6
> nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.21-22.fc6
> nvidia-graphics9755-1.0_9755-87.fc6
> nvidia-graphics9755-kmdl-2.6.22.2-42.fc6-1.0_9755-87.fc6
> [myth at mythtv ~]$
>
>
> On 9/11/07, Chris Ribe < chrisribe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On 9/11/07, Mitch Gore < mitchell.gore at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have a 3.4ghz P4 with 512mb RAM.
> > >
> > > I have FC6 intalled and Mythtv SVN:
> > >
> > > [myth at mythtv mythtv_build]$ mythbackend --version
> > > Library API version     : 0.21.20070820-1
> > > Source code version     : 14289
> > > SVN branch              : trunk
> > > Network Protocol Version: 35
> > > Options compiled in:
> > >  linux release using_oss using_alsa using_arts using_backend
> > > using_dbox2 using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun
> > > using_iptv using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_lirc using_v4l using_x11
> > > using_xrandr using_xv using_xvmc using_xvmcw using_xvmc_vld
> > > using_bindings_perl using_libavc_5_3 using_live
> > >
> > >
> > > I remember when i was running .20 I could watch HDTV with out XvMC.
> > > But now i get a shuddering video.
> > >
> > > Its been a while since it was working.  I have since reinstall FC6 to
> > > clean up my newbie mistakes and upgraded to the svn.  What would cause
> > > this?  What can i check.
> > >
> > > I am running the i686 kernel.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mitchell
> >
> >
> >
> > Video card / driver ?
> >
>

Have you verified that the frontend is CPU bound when playing back HD
video?  One way or the other, it sounds like an xorg configuration issue.
Could you post your xorg.conf?



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