[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH]Prefer vdpau over xv if available

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 01:48:06PM +0200, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:06:31AM +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> > > While I'd have to investigate more, VDPAU also seems to be a lot (like 4x)
> > > slower than xv when the "blit" engine is used
> > 
> > I will try to reproduce this. (How do I see if blit is used? With older nvidia
> > driers, I saw incredible tearing, but that is gone with 185.13.)
> 
> I still use 180.37 (I think), it might be something else since I
> remember disabling composite so it should not longer use the "blit"
> engine. Probably it got broken somehow else...

Seems like the 180.x drivers are broken with the 2.6.29 kernel for the
8400GS, whereas the 7600 works.
Probably related to both cards sharing an interrupt.