Re: Getting Xv support into next Redhat release

Dr Andrew C Aitchison <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:19:06 +0100 (BST)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.neomagic
Message-ID <Pine.LNX.3.96.1020411110640.19390D-100000@whimbrel.dpmms.cam.ac.uk>
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, James Holden wrote:

> I grabbed the archive posted here last month and it appears to work, but
> the performance isn't what I expected. The movie isn't really watchable (unless 
> you actually *like* getting headaches). Running top in an xterm reveals that 
> xine and X are fighting it out for the CPU. Both running around the 50% mark.
> I've played with the nice values but without luck.

If X and xine are fighting for the CPU, you might not actually be using 
Xv. Are you certain that xine isn't using straight X11 ?

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Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison		Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
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