Faster card, slower graphics!

[4tunesfool]

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

[rrambo]

What do you get when you run glxgears?

[4tunesfool]

I get an average of about 600fps in glxgears.

Mike

[4tunesfool]

After a ton of research and trying various things I'm admitting defeat :-)

I've tried the nvidia-glx-new drivers which led me into a whole world of pain with terminals disappearing and patching drivers!, then back to the normal drivers with all sort of options and no improvement (going backwards really).

I've just remembered I have a Nvidia Ti 4200 installed in my XP machine so I'm going to swap that with the FX5200 and see if that one will play ball. The interesting thing was that the GUI in XBMC always worked superbly so the 3d stuff was always working, it was just the video rendering.

Great as Linux is, at times like this I really appreciate my windows boxes!

Roll on the fully packaged distribution without needing all of the X stuff....

[d4rk]

Can you paste the output of 'glxinfo'?

[4tunesfool]

I've now installed the GeForce4 Ti 4200 and glxgears is showing over 3000fps and XBMC is back running as expected. With the new card I can now video playing in the background of the interface (although not completely smooth but that is my hardware).

As a question, what settings should I be using in the Video player section? Hardware Overlay or Software (or does it make in difference in the Linux build?)

Ta for people's suggestions.

[bortoni]

I'm seeing the same issue. I have an nvidia geforce fx 5500 running with the proprietary nvidia drivers. I get great FPS on the XBMC UI, but playing a video is at 0.4 FPS and CPU 99%

Here is my output from glxinfo... let me know if you need any other info:

name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info,
GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_NV_video_out, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float,
GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
GLX version: 1.3
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer,
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce FX 5200/AGP/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 2.1.0 NVIDIA 97.55
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_fragment_program,
GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_fragment_shader,
GL_ARB_half_float_pixel, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multisample,
GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object,
GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shadow,
GL_ARB_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shading_language_100,
GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object,
GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ARB_window_pos,
GL_S3_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra,
GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax,
GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_Cg_shader,
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit,
GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object,
GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays,
GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil, GL_EXT_packed_pixels,
GL_EXT_paletted_texture, GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object,
GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs,
GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette, GL_EXT_stencil_two_side,
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc,
GL_EXT_texture_cube_map, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_lod,
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB,
GL_EXT_timer_query, GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip,
GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_KTX_buffer_region, GL_NV_blend_square,
GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color, GL_NV_depth_clamp, GL_NV_fence,
GL_NV_float_buffer, GL_NV_fog_distance, GL_NV_fragment_program,
GL_NV_fragment_program_option, GL_NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage,
GL_NV_half_float, GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint,
GL_NV_occlusion_query, GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil, GL_NV_pixel_data_range,
GL_NV_point_sprite, GL_NV_primitive_restart, GL_NV_register_combiners,
GL_NV_register_combiners2, GL_NV_texgen_reflection,
GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc, GL_NV_texture_env_combine4,
GL_NV_texture_expand_normal, GL_NV_texture_rectangle,
GL_NV_texture_shader, GL_NV_texture_shader2, GL_NV_texture_shader3,
GL_NV_vertex_array_range, GL_NV_vertex_array_range2, GL_NV_vertex_program,
GL_NV_vertex_program1_1, GL_NV_vertex_program2,
GL_NV_vertex_program2_option, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap,
GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture, GL_SGIX_shadow,
GL_SUN_slice_accum

[bortoni]

The rest...

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[bortoni]

BUMP for d4rk

[d4rk]

Your glxinfo looks good, can you paste your xbmc.log as well?