[Openchrome-devel] [Bug 99475] [patch] allow disabling XvMC

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99475

--- Comment #5 from Harri Nieminen <moikkis at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Kevin Brace from comment #4)
> (In reply to Harri Nieminen from comment #2)
> 
> XvMC code was written by previous developers 7 to 10 years ago.
> I had no involvement with it.
> Please understand that OpenChrome's project development resource is easily
> 1/30th of Intel graphics stack.
> I am the only developer working on the code, and my hands are completely
> tied up for the next few years.
> I am trying to fix various flaws of existing OpenChrome DDX code, and trying
> to fix the problems of OpenChrome DRM (KMS / TTM supporting version) so that
> it can be mainlined with the Linux kernel eventually.
> As a result, I have virtually no time to work on issues other than those two.
> I am leaning towards not incorporating this patch.
> I do not see the urgency of why this patch should be incorporated in the
> first place.
> 
> > 
> > XvMC is pretty useless today. It can only decode mpeg2.
> > Some users want to disable it. 
> > Modern video players don't even support it.

Okay thanks.

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