On 1/24/06, Robert Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/24/06, Jerry Rubinow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I playback an HD resolution file, I get stuttering, pick a codec, any > > codec. > > > > If I play it back with mplayer (-vo xv -vc ffmpeg12), also stuttering. > > If I play it back with mplayer (-vo xvmc -vc ffmpeg12mc), plays back > > pretty much ok. > > > > In all cases, myth and mplayer, CPU is between 20% and 50% (this is on > > a combined front/backend, P4 2.8 Pundit, with onboard VGA disabled, > > using a PCI FX5200). > > > > The fact that I can playback the file in mplayer with xvmc, tells me > > it's not a disk issue, and the fact that mplayer cannot play it back > > smoothly with xv tells me it's probably not a myth issue. > > > > Is it a bandwidth problem in the video card or the bus? Some BIOS > > setting incorrect? Does anyone have any suggestions for how to narrow > > it down and tell for sure where the problem might be? > > > > Is anyone using an original (sis-based) Pundit for HD playback successfully? > > If you can play back using mplayer (and XvMC), it means you can enable > XvMC in Myth and have smooth HDTV playback. > -- > Robert "Anaerin" Johnston
Theoretically, yes, but I've tried many different combinations of options (vsync, vblank, audio buffering, etc) and it's just not quite good enough for useability. Sometimes I get a lockup when starting to play, sometimes it gets a stutter, sometimes it gets out of sync with sound. Nothing consistent, but perhaps indicative of getting near the same bandwidth limit I'm hitting consistently without xvmc. Am I correct in assuming that less data is going to the video card when using xvmc? Anyone know the data ratio of xvmc vs. non-xvmc? -Jerry _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users