2007-07-16, 10:14
This is probably more of a linux problem but as the only think I use Linux for at this moment is testing XBMC I thought I would try you all.
I have been running really well recently using my test rig of XP2200+, Ubuntu 7.04, 1Gb & AGP GeForce2 MX440. Although the graphics card was old and slow it worked well and I could play most standard and half-res HD without issue. The only area where it suffered was with overlays where you could have the vid source but nothing else (although you could see it trying). Music is great and the visualisations worked well.
I blagged a Nvidia FX5200 which should give me a bit more grunt (and a DVI port for my TV) so I did a complete clean install, got the source and T3CH, ran the make and now get almost no video at all (menu display and other XBMC functions are nice and snappy). On any vid source I get .3 FPS and 100% CPU. I've tried the Nvidia drivers (from Nvidia) but that way led to a would of pain. I am currently using nvidia-glx drivers from Ubuntu and the card is detected properly. X is good and desktop effects work OK.
Any ideas anout why I cannot get any better performance from what should be a much quicker card? I'm not in front of my machine at the moment but if anyone wants any logs I'll post them this evening.
Ta
Mike
I have been running really well recently using my test rig of XP2200+, Ubuntu 7.04, 1Gb & AGP GeForce2 MX440. Although the graphics card was old and slow it worked well and I could play most standard and half-res HD without issue. The only area where it suffered was with overlays where you could have the vid source but nothing else (although you could see it trying). Music is great and the visualisations worked well.
I blagged a Nvidia FX5200 which should give me a bit more grunt (and a DVI port for my TV) so I did a complete clean install, got the source and T3CH, ran the make and now get almost no video at all (menu display and other XBMC functions are nice and snappy). On any vid source I get .3 FPS and 100% CPU. I've tried the Nvidia drivers (from Nvidia) but that way led to a would of pain. I am currently using nvidia-glx drivers from Ubuntu and the card is detected properly. X is good and desktop effects work OK.
Any ideas anout why I cannot get any better performance from what should be a much quicker card? I'm not in front of my machine at the moment but if anyone wants any logs I'll post them this evening.
Ta
Mike