[mythtv-users] Attaining Smooth Video Playback with VDPAU

[Mike Holden]

Greg Grotsky wrote:
> I haven't tried the ideas in the link and I do not have the
> "Separate video
> modes for GUI and TV playback" checked. Do you know if mplayer uses
> separate video modes for playback? It doesn't seem to. I have a hard
> time
> thinking this is a driver issue when mplayer can play the video
> smoothly
> without these things. Though, I am open to this, I'll have to give
> it a try
> when I have some more time to play around.
>
> Kirk, do you use that "Separate video modes for GUI and TV playback"
> option?

Definitely you should look at the separate video modes, and check
out what xrandr shows your hardware is capable of. It made a big
difference for me in MythTV, even though mplayer seemed to cope
fine.
-- 
Mike Holden