[Openchrome-users] cpu usage on SP8000

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Thomas Hellstrom wrote:
> Could you play the file with
> 
> Xine -V xxmc -A null --verbose=2
> 
> And post the compressed log.
> If hardware decoding is working, xine should be below 10% with the above
> command.

Yes, this works better! Even with audio I get 8.x-10.x %CPU for xine
playing from DVD.
Thanks very much for the tip Thomas and Xavier!

As a restpoint is the issue of 16-bit versus 24-bit TV display.
Everything works great at 16-bit but 24-bit gives a wrapped/warped
picture. I composed an xorg.conf by checking some websites about VIA
Unichrome, etc. When I switch the defaultdepth to 24 the picture becomes
 unusable. How could I fix that?

[.....]

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "CTX VL700 series, MS700 series, PL7 series"
        DisplaySize  330        250
        HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "TV"
        VendorName   "Philips"
        ModelName    "Unknown"
        # Set for 4:3 display
        DisplaySize     400 300
        HorizSync    24.0-80.0
        VertRefresh  50.0-75.0
        Option      "nodpms"
        Option      "noddc"
        #Refresh Rate 60Hz
        ModeLine "720x480" 26.7 720 736 808 896 480 481 484 497
        ModeLine "720x576" 32.7 720 744 816 912 576 577 580 597
        ModeLine "848x480" 31.5 848 864 952 1056 480 481 484 497
        ModeLine "856x480" 31.7 856 872 960 1064 480 481 484 497
        ModeLine "1024x512" 41.3 1024 1056 1160 1296 512 513 516 531
EndSection

#Section "Device"
#       Identifier  "Videocard0"
#       Driver      "vesa"
#       VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
#       BoardName   "VESA driver (generic)"
#EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver "via"
        VendorName "VIA"
        BoardName "EPIA SP8000"
        BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

        Option "ActiveDevice" "CRT,TV"
        Option "TVDotCrawl" "True"
        Option "TVType" "PAL"
        Option "TVOutput" "Composite" # no S-video on TV here
        Option "EnableAGPDMA"   "true"
        Option "TVVScan" "over"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "TV"
        DefaultDepth   16
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     16
#               Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
#               Modes    "720x576"
                Modes    "720x576Noscale"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
#               Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
#               Modes    "720x576"
                Modes    "720x576Noscale"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Kind regards,
Udo