[Openchrome-users] xvmc vs. xv mplayer

[Ivor Hewitt]

On Tuesday 25 April 2006 20:15, Warren Wilder wrote:
> I want to use the XvMC video output device on my Via SP13000 with MPlayer.
> Currently, playing a divx or xvid with mplayer results in about 20% cpu
> usage. This is while using the xv video output device on xorg 6.9.
> Is using XvMC going to approve it?
> I hope so, currently a h264 encoded movie inside a Matroska container is
> a very tough nut to crack.
>
xvmc won't speed up h264 playback.

> There is a patch from December on the website, but it cannot be fully
> applied with the current version of Mplayer(MPlayer v1.0pre7try2).
> I'm sure it worked like a charm with an older version of Mplayer, but I
> don't know which one that would have been.
>
Yeah I haven't bothered updating it recently, unless someone else does it for 
you. Xine it probably a better choice, at least it works out straight from 
the tree.

> I've seen posts on the internet advising people to go for Xine, but
> since I am going to use mythtv, I don't think dropping Mplayer for Xine
> is an option.
>
? why not. there's no reason why you need to use mplayer in myth.

-- 
Ivor Hewitt.