Re: [gentoo-user] SOLVED: I switched to the Nvidia video driver

[Alecks Gates]

Finally able to test out the fix and I can confirm just appending
"EnableLinuxHWVideoDecode=1" to /etc/adobe/mms.cfg worked for me.

Here's my card (Zotac brand):
VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2)

On an ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3

Also, I just use VDPAU in mplayer and VA-API with the VDPAU backend in
VLC.  Works great.

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 2:39 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
>  A couple of booby-traps for the unwarey...
>
> 1) There seemes to be a colour translation bug in recent versions of
> Flash that only shows with the Nvidia video drivers.  Red and blue are
> swapped in Flash.  If you see people with blue faces, and you're not
> watching Avatar, you've hit this bug.  The solution is to edit
> /etc/adobe/mms.cfg  Append the line...
>
> EnableLinuxHWVideoDecode=1
>
> This will work with most Nvidia cards.  If that doesn't work, try making
> it two lines, namely...
>
> EnableLinuxHWVideoDecode=1
> OverrideGPUValidation=true
>
> Note that Flash is quite fragile with these two lines, and the plugin
> crashes a lot.
>
> 2) Nvidia drivers do not like the mplayer "xv" video output option at
> all.  It hangs my machine, requiring Magic-Sysrq to shut down
> semi-gracefully.  Don't use that option with Nvidia drivers.
>
>
>  So my Dell Inspiron D530 desktop, which is pushing 5 years, paired
> with a $40 Asus EN210 SILENT/DI/512MD3/V2(LP) NVIDIA GeForce 210 Chipset
> (589Mhz) 512MB (1333Mhz) GDDR3 DVI/VGA/HDMI PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics
> Card gets over 5300 fps in glxgears.  In real life, it plays 1080p
> Youtube HD videos fullscreen (1920x1080) without stuttering.  I do have
> to let it buffer for several seconds first, because my 6 megabit ADSL
> connection nets 4.98 megabits, and it can't quite keep up with the
> required download speed.
>
> --
> Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
>