[mythtv-users] PIP choppy video

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Jan 25 06:09:29 UTC 2012


On 01/25/2012 12:59 AM, Glen wrote:
> Hi,
> I have only recently decided to try PIP (my 1yr-old daughter wants to
> watch PlaySchool and I'd like to keep an eye on the cricket)
>
> When I open a PIP window I get reasonable control but the picture breaks
> up like it has poor digital signal (this happens on liveTV and recTV).
>
> I am using an Ion2 box running 0.24.2 VDPAU high quality.
>
> Before I waste time stuffing around with the settings, is this a known
> issue? I found some google results about VDPAU having issues with PIP
> but it wasn't particularly recent. The VDPAU MythTV wiki states "What
> Works - PIP" so I wasn't sure.
>

TTBOMK, for PiP and PbP, you'll get VDPAU decoding for one show and the 
other is decoded on the CPU.  Perhaps it's just too much for your Atom?

Mike


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