[PLUG] Xine and kernals

[Alan]

On Thursday 04 April 2002 09:26 am, Craighead, Scot D wrote:
> >You are more likely to see problems with your video card.
> >
> >Make sure you are running something with good hardware acceleration and
>
> that
>
> >the version of X supports the Xv extension.  (And make sure you have Xv
> >support enabled in Xine.)
> >
> >What kind of video card do you have and what version of XFree86?
>
> According to hwbrowser the video card is a SIS 620.  It also says 6306
> 3D-AGP.  I'm not sure what that means, but I think that AGP stands for
> Advanced Graphics Port with is usually a slot on the motherboard that is
> similiar to a PCI slot, but is designed for high speed graphics.  This
> "card" is actualy on the motherboard, not a seperate card.

If I remember correctly, the SiS video chipset does not do much in the way of 
accelration. (I will look.)

> According to rpm, I am using XFree86 4.1.0-3.

Might be better support in 4.2.0, but again, I will have to check.


> I don't know whay Xv extension means.  I will research that.

Xvideo.  It is for hardware accelerated full-motion video. Usually used by TV 
cards, but also used by Xine and a few other things.