[mythtv-users] Enabling Xv on ATI HD 3200

[Rodney Morris]

On 4/27/09, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net> wrote:
> Kirk Bocek wrote:
>
> >
> > Ian Clark wrote:
> >
> > > Just looked for some more specific URLs and came across this:
> > >
> > > http://www.botchco.com/agd5f/?p=33 (from here:
> http://www.x.org/wiki/radeon)
> > >
> > > Which looks like very good news and perfect timing. :)
> > >
> > > If anyone gets tear free ATI video now I'd love to know, if not I'll pop
> > > my 2600 back in to try it if anyone is interested. Only SD though, I
> > > can't afford a flashy telly! :)
> > >
> >
>
>  Yes, I get tear free video.
>
>
> > Following a few links, looks like the radeonhd driver is the one I need an
> not
> > the older radeon driver:
> >
>
>  No, although radeonhd is supposed to be the one for modern ATI
>  chips, it seems to be miles behind the radeon driver which has
>  been developed to also handle modern chips and does a great job
>  of it.
>
>  Paul.

The radeonhd driver also offers tear free Xv for the HD3200 on par
with that found in the radeon driver.  The 2d acceleration for radeon
and radeonhd were developed at the same time.  The radeonhd 1.2.5
release contains the Xv code for the HD3200; however, you'll need to
compile the radeon and drm kernel modules from the r6xx-r7xx-support
branch of drm git for Xv and EXA to work.  The advantage of radeonhd
over radeon is that radeonhd supports hdmi audio.

On my FC10 myth box with an HD3200, I've been running the radeonhd
from git since the Xv/EXA was being developed and have been satisfied
with the results.  Building an up to date radeonhd package containing
the latest code should be easy if radheonhd had been previously
packaged.

Rod