Niko Mikkila wrote: >On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:46:57 -0600 >Chad Flynt <hoochster@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>I guess I should also state I am using DirectFB, I am going to try and >>go back to the version of CVS I was using on the older system and see if >>that is the problem. >> >>Chad Flynt wrote: >> >> >> >>>I recently got xine up and running on an AMD 2600+ and all seemed to >>>be working fine, I am wanting to do High Definition and it was coming >>>close to maxing out the cpu and just wasn't perfect on the HDTV >>>channels. So I decided to swap it out with one of my other systems. >>>I changed it out for a 64 Bit 3500+. I didn't compile my kernel in 64 >>>bit mode, but otherwise as far as I can tell, set everything back up >>>the same as it was before. All works, but my CPU usage is much higher >>>just on normal channels and on High Definition it really isn't that >>>high but I get jerky picture quality on any High Def Channel and I >>>didn't have that on the slower system. My cpu on the slower system >>>would run bout 5-10% with Xine, and hit 80-90% on HDTV and that high >>>the pic quality just wasn't the best it could be but it was smooth. >>>On the faster pc, I average bout 17-20+% on regular channels, which >>>seems very high compared to the other, and on HDTV I am only running >>>bout 60% but I am sure that is cuz of the jerkyness and it just not >>>being smooth. >>> >>>My question is, is there anything I missed maybe? I just ran default >>>settings on the old system and tried on the new and running into this, >>>I haven't tried messing with deinterlacers or anything like that, >>>mainly cuz I don't know enough about them. The only thing I can think >>>of is the chipsets. The old system ran a Nivida 2 chipset and the new >>>system runs a Via K8t800Pro VT8237 chipset. Is there something I >>>should do differntly? Any suggestion are gladly welcomed. >>>Also trying to get the onboard SPDIF to work, haven't tried installing >>>Mplayer yet to test it, but can't for the life of me make it work via >>>Xine, even with the Pass Through set etc, hopefully missing something >>>on that too. >>> >>> >>> > >Were you using the same graphics card on the older system too? > >-- >Niko Mikkil? > >_______________________________________________ >vdr mailing list >vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx >http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr > > > Indeed, I just swapped motherboards/cpus/memory. Everything else stayed the same. That is what blows my mind, I will admit I screwed up and decided to build fresh which I should have first just redone the kernel but that has never been an issue before hehe. So just wondering if I am missing some magic ingredient. It makes no sense that the much faster pc is using much more load than the slower pc, and I didn't get stutters or anything on the HD channels on the old pc, you could just tell it needed a little more power to even things out, but other than that the video was very smooth. As where now on HDTV it is real jerky. I did solve my audio issues with the help of a friend and google, so all I got left is the cpu load problem. Would like to learn more about scaling the video but I am not concerned with that till I make the rest work hehe! I have tried going back to the old DirectFB/DFB++ src I was using on the old pc, I have used the old Xine-Lib/UI from the old pc, all same results. I have installed all my codecs etc back on to see if that made a difference but don't think it utilizes any of that unless I use like Xineplayer or something. So only thing left is the motherboard chipset, that maybe I have to patch the kernel or something for VIA dunno. But willing to try any suggestions. One other notable mention, one of the dependencies for Xine-UI and also DirectFB is XLIBS-DEV. That package is now deprecated due to Xorg. So I wasn't able to install it. I run Debian, so I just forced Xine and DirectFB to be built without it, maybe I should look at the ./configure and see if there is something I should disable instead of doing that? But would that have any significance if I am not using X at all? And can anyone give me any good reasons why I would want X installed and run VDR/Xine through it instead of a Frame Buffer being as this is a dedicated TV System? I just don't want to install it if it isn't going to gain me any advantages but if it will run better, give more scaling/deinterlacer options etc then by all means I have the power to run it. Just didn't see the need and figured it would use up more resources than it was worth. Thanks again for any assistance.
