Hmmm...  I'm on Gentoo, and I'm fairly certain that I had xvmc in the
use flags.  But mythtv isn't the only issue.  I can't use xvmc in
anything... xine, mplayer... they all error out.

On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 15:20, Morten RÃnseth wrote:
> I have the 5200 running with xvmc. In mythtv, first do "./configure
> --enable-xvmc" (you might also want --disable-lirc), then "qmake
> mythtv.pro" followed by "make" & "make install".
> My CPU load dropped from 45 - 50 % to 13 - 14% (1.5 GHz Sempron) when
> watching TV.
> This is with the latest nVidia driver.
>  
> Only problem is that OSD doesn't work properly - yet. You get a very
> jittery image as long as the OSD is displayed, image returns to normal
> when it disappears.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> -Morten
> 
> Gregory J. Haase wrote: 
> > While we're on this (off) topic...  Does anyone with the FX5200 (or
> > actually I have the FX5500) have any experience getting xvmc to work
> > with the nVidia drivers.  I can't seem to get it going.
> > 
> > On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 14:17, Birrane, Edward J. wrote:
> >   
> > > I noticed a lot of people using an FX5200 for playback. I've got a
> > > PVR-350 and the ivtvdev driver works for me, but sometimes is a little
> > > buggy and offers little support for other kinds of video playback.
> > > 
> > > For those who use the FX5200, is the s-video out for watching standard
> > > definition comparible to the output of the PVR-350?  Has anyone gone
> > > from one to the other?
> > > 
> > > -Ed
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt
> > > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 1:53 PM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re: [ivtv-devel] PVR-500 not working
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Apr 11, 2005 9:53 AM, Dan Littlejohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
> > >     
> > > > Matt:
> > > > 
> > > > I am beginning to wonder if this might be a hardware problem.  I do 
> > > > not know if you posted your hardware, but could you for comparison?
> > > > 
> > > > This is mine is for the backend they would be going into
> > > > 
> > > > AMD athlon 3200
> > > > an7 motherboard
> > > > fx5200
> > > > 1 gig corsair 400 ram (super value or something like that) seasonic 
> > > > tornado 350W ps
> > > > 
> > > > Dan
> > > >       
> > > Ha... nearly identical
> > > 
> > > AMD athlon XP 3200
> > > Abit AN7... (-S2 I think)
> > > FX5200
> > > 512MB 400 RAM
> > > Silverstone ST400 400W (I think, might be a 360W, can't remember)
> > > 
> > > At this point, I'm almost willing to send my particular PVR-500MCE
> > > whitebox card off to Jarod or Chris so that they can try and make it
> > > work and send it back to me when they've got a driver that works.  I
> > > have a feeling that the PVR-500's they've gotten to work have a
> > > different revision chipset.  Several, at least 4 or 5, people have said
> > > they've had the same identical error.
> > > 
> > > Matt
> > > 
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