[Openchrome-users] xvmc problems

[Xavier Bachelot]

Aleksandar Markovic wrote:
> Yes, xxmc and xv = blank screen. xshm = go. So, this way is there actually any 
> hardware optimization running on my system?
> 
no, xshm is probably the worst you can get, performance wise, but at 
least it works and you now know where to look / add info about the bug ;-)

> Thank you very much for this clarification.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Aleksandar
> 
> On Sunday 09 July 2006 18:07, Xavier Bachelot wrote:
>> Aleksandar Markovic wrote:
>>> I read somewhere that xxmc is for nvidia cards version of what is xvmc
>>> for via.
>> the reverse actually. VIA is using a non standard extension to XvMC know
>> as VLD XvMC. In xine, the video output xvmc outputs to XvMC capable
>> hardware. xxmc is an extension to this video output and is also capable
>> of using VLD XvMC as well as standard XvMC.
>> So in your case, 'xine -V xxmc' is the way to go.
>>
>>> Anyway with xxmc specified to xine I have playback with sound but blank
>>> screen:
>> There seems to be at least 2 revisions of the VN800 chipset. One has xv
>> and xvmc working, the other hasn't.
>> http://www.openchrome.org/trac/ticket/40
>>
>> May be you can try to use 'xine -V xv' as well as '-V xshm' and see how
>> it goes. If xshm is ok but xv is not, then it's probably the same bug.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Xavier
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