[mythtv-users] High X CPU usage with 8400GS

Jean-Yves Avenard jyavenard at gmail.com
Thu May 28 15:43:17 UTC 2009


Hi

2009/5/29 Jim Stichnoth <stichnot at gmail.com>:
> I bought an 8400GS graphics card
> (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187042) to
> try out VDPAU.  The old card was a 7200 series.  With the 8400GS, the
> X process is taking up nearly 100% CPU utilization during myth
> playback, with visible tearing in the middle of the screen.  This
> happens even during SD playback.  The 7200 uses only 30-40% CPU during
> similar playback.  This is with the 180.51 drivers, and without VDPAU.
>  Running nvidia-settings, and examining the X logs, shows that the
> nvidia driver is being used.
>

Did you create a VDPAU playback profile ?

Unless you do, you're not using VDPAU


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