Re: via cle266 and xv

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--- Bret Hughes <bhughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 17:20, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > 
> > --- Bret Hughes <bhughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I am trying to configure a fedora 1 machine to, among other
> things,
> > > use
> > > hardware decoding for mpegs. We use mplayer on ati and proSavage
> > > chipsets with no problem using -v0 xv flags to tell mplayer to
> use
> > > xvideo extensions.
> 
> > > Any tips?  I found a thread about rawhide having updated XFree
> rpms
> > > but
> > > it did not sound like this was fixing anything like this so I
> have
> > > not
> > > tries it
> > 
> > I'm not sure what version of the via driver was included in fedora,
> but
> > the initial drop from via was pretty buggy.  the version in cvs and
> the
> > one here are substantially better.  also, if you are using a KM/N
> chip
> > Xv support was not added until recently.
> > 
> > See this page for more info and newer versions of the driver:
> > http://unichrome.sourceforge.net/
> 
> Thanks Alex what are the odds that a mandrake src.rpm will build on a
> fedora box?  I will try it later tonight.  Right now I am in the
> middle
> of blowing a rh9 install on the box over the fedora install (sigh).

no idea.  never tried it.  It may be easier to try and patch an X tree
and rebuild.

Alex

> 
> 
> Bret 
> 
> 
>


	
		
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