xf96-video-intel textured video output is a mess

[Michel Dänzer]

On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 12:27 +0100, Barry Scott wrote:
> Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 17:39 +0100, Barry Scott wrote:
> >   
> >> I running with the git version of the intel driver and when xine plays 
> >> an MPEG2 movie
> >> I get this output on the screen: 
> >> http://www.onelan.co.uk/xorg-tmp/screen_snap_shot.png
> >>
> >> Apart from the obvious poor image the XV code is drawing outside of the 
> >> window,
> >> the purple area on the right hand side.
> >>
> >> This breaks for i945 and i965.
> >>     
> >
> > Looks like https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9931 .
> >
> >
> >   
> Can I take that the root cause of this problem is that LinearAlloc memory
> no longer works?

Why does it no longer work?

> And, unless the intel driver no longer needs LinearAlloc, HD movie playback
> will never work?

It just needs to be fixed fully.


BTW, unless you're using the i915tex 3D driver from current Mesa git
(which is unlikely, at least on an i965 ;), Option "PageFlip" has no
benefit anyway.


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