[vdr] Vdr-xine and XvMC?

[Petri Helin]

Seppo Ingalsuo wrote:
> 
> Has someone had success with XvMC? Video decoding, even 1080i HDTV promo 
> channels from Astra, works with very low CPU load but I get no VDR OSD 
> and I think aspect ratio for 16:9 video is wrong. XvMC driver is from 
> Nvidia 7676, vdr, vdr-xine, etc. are latest versions. X desktop size is 
> 1368x768.
> 
> The same systems runs nicely with Xv output method but there is a little 
> bit too little power to run a good deinterlacer such GreedyH without 
> cheap mode for HDTV. It would be also nice to have automatic separate 
> deinterlacer configurations for SDTV and HDTV but I belive that goes out 
> of scope of vdr-xine plugin, right?
> 
> BR,
> Seppo
> 
> 

I have a 6600gt, version 8178 of NVidia's drivers and the following 
setup for VDR and Xine:

/vdr/setup.conf:
xine.autoPrimaryDeviceMode = autoPrimaryDeviceOn
xine.modeLiveTV.prebufferFrames = 8
xine.muteMode = muteSimulate
xine.osdGammaCorrection = 123
xine.osdMode = osdBlendClipped
xine.transparencyMode = transparencyOn
xine.volumeMode = volumeChange

~/.xine/config
audio.driver:esd
audio.device.alsa_front_device:default
audio.volume.remember_volume:1
video.driver:xxmc
video.device.xvmc_bob_deinterlacing:1
video.device.xvmc_more_frames:1
video.device.xvmc_nvidia_color_fix:1
video.output.xv_deinterlace_method:none
engine.performance.memcpy_method:mmxext

With that I get about 50 - 60% load with AMD XP 2800+ when watching 
EURO1080 via cable and OSD works also. My understanding is that you 
cannot use postprocess deinterlacers with xvmc, but I am not totally 
sure about that.

PS This config isn't used too often so it is most likely the  best possible.

-Petri