Xv video vs xshm vs Xv/fglrx - clueless

[Dexter Filmore]

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:41:43 -0500
"Alex Deucher" <alexdeucher at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2/28/06, Dexter Filmore <Dexter.Filmore at gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > Today upgraded from 6.8.2 with fglrx to 6.9.0 with xorg's radeon.
> > I noticed that Xv video playpack looks better with fglrx or with xshm. Large
> > areas have noticable block artifacts as if running on 15bit color depth.
> >
> > Aynthing I can do about it?
> >
> 
> THis seems to have been caused by the gatos merge.  Take a look at
> radeon_video.c and try and find out what is causing the problems.
> Patches welcome.

C code appears to me as a cataract of charachters, sorry. I know next to jack
about C coding. I can write hello world by heart.