[mythtv-users] A few general questions about VDPAU setup.

[Josu Lazkano]

2011/10/11 linux guy <linuxguy123 at gmail.com>:
>>> What does this information mean ?    What am I supposed to set ?
>>
>> Choose a vdpau profile and ignore the rest. start with slim and work
>> your way up until it stops working smoothly.
>
> So the profile that I select in that list is the one that it will run with ?
>
> How do I know how many CPUs to select ?
>
>>> 4) How do I know a) when VDPAU is working and b) what mode its running
>>> in when I'm running Myth in full screen ? (Which is where its going to
>>> take the most performance to display the content)
>>
>> You read the logs, try ssh in and watch the log with tail -f
>
> Exactly which logs should I be watching ?
>
>
>>> 5) What part does the Xorg.conf file play in all this ?
>>
>> There are a few things to make sure you have set for vdpau to work,
>> they are set out in the howto.
>
> By howto, do you mean the wiki entry or is there another document I am
> supposed to be looking at.
>
> Is it necessary to install vdpau-video-freeworld ?
>
> Would anyone care to share their xorg.conf file ?
>
> My current symptoms are that the front end can't keep up even with a
> simple avi file, ie the video runs way too slow.  Mythfrontend hangs
> when I try to leave the video player.
>
> This machine has 2GB of RAM, installed into one of the two sockets.
>
> Any ideas ?
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Try this on your xorg conf:

Section "Extensions"
  Option         "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

Regards.

-- 
Josu Lazkano