[mythtv-users] VDPAU Error: DISPLAY PRE-EMPTED. Aborting playback.
Tortise
tortise at paradise.net.nz
Mon Jan 25 00:41:14 UTC 2010
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From: Enigma
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Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] VDPAU Error: DISPLAY PRE-EMPTED. Aborting playback.
>FWIW, here is my experience with a similar card:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2161443&postcount=236
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/397753
Interesting there is a report of a PIII 500 running a PCI video card in there! Kewl! (I note some other comments about needing to
ensure there is enough current available on the motherboard to run one of these though)
>My card is a Sparkle 9400 GT G96 512 MB PCI with the same problem.
Enigma, what's your CPU / Motherboard / Chipset?
> I have also seen other reports of this issue with similar cards. I have sunk a ton of time into this card trying to get it to
> work but I haven't been able to eliminate the pre-emption errors.
Join the club!
> From the response I got in the Nvidia thread, I doubt I ever will. IIRC, mplayer is a lot better at recovering from the errors
> than Myth, so if you have need of a MythVideo only box it still might be of some use to you.
NVIDIA are aware some of these are a problem and Stephen Warren is on record as being interested to get a PCI card to test with
(Amazing they don't seem to have one there) so a few more prompts might just move him to do it!
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