[mythtv-users] XvMC and onboard NVIDIA 6100

[Lindsay Mathieson]

On Tuesday 18 March 2008 02:39:09 J.D. wrote:
> Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
> > Wouldn't my 6100 be older than any of yours? or does it not work that way
> > :)
> >
> > Another tidbit - the Xorg.0.log shows  XVideo-MotionCompensation as being
> > loaded but xdpyinfo only lists XVideo.
>
> That reminds me of some big frustration I had getting XvMC to work -
> loading the correct X modules. To get XvMC to work with Nvidia binary
> you must not load "dri" but "glx". But I found out the hard way that
> this is not enough. Not sure which option (or combination) finally did
> the trick, but my xorg.conf has the following section:
>
>     Section "Module"
>             Load  "glx"
>             Load  "extmod"
>             Load  "dbe"
>             Load  "fbdevhw"
>             Load  "record"
>             Load  "freetype"
>             Load  "type1"
>     EndSection


Sorry J.D, didn't see your post until now - so many messages on this list!

No joy - I think the 6100 doesn't support full purevideo or XvMC.

 http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1865&page=2

  The GeForce 6100 on the other hand does not support TV encoding 
  or TMDS/DVI output, and only sports standard definition (4:3) playback.


Cheers,

-- 
Lindsay