[mythtv-users] PIP choppy video

Glen glen.hawksworth at bigpond.com
Wed Jan 25 06:47:26 UTC 2012


On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 01:09 -0500, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> 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

that could be it, I'll check on another machine, cheers



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