[ tvtime-Bugs-759804 ] Terrible XVIDEO performance with Radeon driver

Bugs item #759804, was opened at 2003-06-24 09:29
Message generated for change (Comment added) made by vektor
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Category: Output driver problems
Group: Open bugs in driver/lib deps
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 9
Submitted By: Billy Biggs (vektor)
Assigned to: Billy Biggs (vektor)
Summary: Terrible XVIDEO performance with Radeon driver

Initial Comment:
I did some detailed investigations into some terrible
performance with a user of a radeon 8500.  I posted a
bug with X about this, details are here:

http://bugs.xfree86.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=414

I think nitrogen on IRC had the same issue, I'll look
into that.  Hopefully we can figure out what's up.

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>Comment By: Billy Biggs (vektor)
Date: 2004-06-23 23:43

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Just to update this bug, the XFree86 bug is still open but
the URL is different:
http://bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414


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Comment By: Kastus Shchuka (kastus)
Date: 2003-10-22 12:57

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For some reason SF logged my comment as from nobody.
Some details I forgot to mention: it is a SuSE 8.2 system,
XFree 4.3.0-111

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2003-10-22 12:37

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I am hit by this problem too. 
motv use of CPU is negligeable, ogle runs fine without
dropping any frames. It's just tvtime which uses 30% CPU
while running with X taking
the rest 70%

Here is the debug information:

tvtime -v
tvtime: Running tvtime 0.9.10.
tvtime: Can't get realtime priority for better performance,
need root access.
rtctimer: Cannot set periodic interval: Permission denied

*** Failed to get 1024hz resolution from /dev/rtc.  This will
*** cause video to be unsmooth.  Please run tvtime as root,
or, with
*** linux kernel version 2.4.19 or later, please run:
***       sysctl -w dev.rtc.max-user-freq=1024
*** See our support page at http://tvtime.net/ for more
information

config: Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml
config: Reading configuration from /home/pike/.tvtime/tvtime.xml
cpuinfo: CPU Intel(R) Celeron(TM) CPU               
1300MHz, family 6, model 11, stepping 1.
cpuinfo: CPU measured at 1303.371MHz.
tvtime: Can't renice to -19.
tvtime: Sending frames to interlaced output devices.
xcommon: Display :0.0, vendor The XFree86 Project, Inc,
XFree86 4.3.0
xfullscreen: Single-head detected, pixel aspect will be
calculated.
xfullscreen: Pixel aspect ratio on the primary head is: 1.00.
xfullscreen: Using the XFree86-VidModeExtension to calculate
fullscreen size.
xfullscreen: Fullscreen to 0,0 with size 1024x768.
xcommon: Have XTest, will use it to ping the screensaver.
xcommon: Sample aspect ratio 1040/1041.
xcommon: No window properties found for EWMH.
xcommon: Window manager is not EWMH compliant.
xcommon: Sample aspect ratio 1040/1041.
xcommon: Displaying in a 767x575 window inside 767x576 space.
xvoutput: Using XVIDEO adaptor 62: ATI Radeon Video Overlay.
speedycode: Using MMXEXT optimized functions.
station: Reading stationlist from
/home/pike/.tvtime/stationlist.xml
station: #      Band            Channel Freq    Active  Name
station: 1      US Cable        1       73250   false   1
station: 2      US Cable        2       55250   false   2
station: 3      US Cable        3       61250   true    3
station: 4      US Cable        4       67250   false   4
station: 5      US Cable        5       77250   true    5
station: 6      US Cable        6       83250   true    6
station: 7      US Cable        7       175250  true    7
station: 8      US Cable        8       181250  true    8
station: 9      US Cable        9       187250  true    9
station: 10     US Cable        10      193250  true    10
station: 11     US Cable        11      199250  true    11
station: 12     US Cable        12      205250  true    12
station: 13     US Cable        13      211250  true    13
station: 14     US Cable        14      121250  true    14
station: 15     US Cable        15      127250  true    15
station: 16     US Cable        16      133250  true    16
station: 17     US Cable        17      139250  true    17
station: 18     US Cable        18      145250  false   18
station: 19     US Cable        19      151250  true    19
station: 20     US Cable        20      157250  true    20
station: 21     US Cable        21      163250  true    21
station: 22     US Cable        22      169250  true    22
station: 23     US Cable        23      217250  true    23
station: 24     US Cable        24      223250  true    24
station: 25     US Cable        25      229250  true    25
station: 26     US Cable        26      235250  true    26
station: 27     US Cable        27      241250  true    27
station: 28     US Cable        28      247250  true    28
station: 29     US Cable        29      253250  true    29
station: 30     US Cable        30      259250  true    30
station: 31     US Cable        31      265250  true    31
station: 32     US Cable        32      271250  true    32
station: 33     US Cable        33      277250  true    33
station: 34     US Cable        34      283250  true    34
station: 35     US Cable        35      289250  true    35
station: 36     US Cable        36      295250  true    36
station: 37     US Cable        37      301250  true    37
station: 38     US Cable        38      307250  true    38
station: 39     US Cable        39      313250  true    39
station: 40     US Cable        40      319250  true    40
station: 41     US Cable        41      325250  true    41
station: 42     US Cable        42      331250  true    42
station: 43     US Cable        43      337250  true    43
station: 44     US Cable        44      343250  true    TNT
station: 45     US Cable        45      349250  true    45
station: 46     US Cable        46      355250  true    46
station: 47     US Cable        47      361250  true    47
station: 48     US Cable        48      367250  true    48
station: 49     US Cable        49      373250  true    49
station: 50     US Cable        50      379250  true    50
station: 51     US Cable        51      385250  true    51
station: 52     US Cable        52      391250  true    52
station: 53     US Cable        53      397250  true    53
station: 54     US Cable        54      403250  true    54
station: 55     US Cable        55      409250  true    55
station: 56     US Cable        56      415250  true    56
station: 57     US Cable        57      421250  true    57
station: 58     US Cable        58      427250  false   58
station: 59     US Cable        59      433250  false   59
station: 60     US Cable        60      439250  true    60
station: 61     US Cable        61      445250  false   61
station: 62     US Cable        62      451250  false   62
station: 63     US Cable        63      457250  false   63
station: 64     US Cable        64      463250  false   64
station: 65     US Cable        65      469250  false   65
station: 66     US Cable        66      475250  false   66
station: 67     US Cable        67      481250  false   67
station: 68     US Cable        68      487250  false   68
station: 69     US Cable        69      493250  false   69
station: 70     US Cable        70      499250  false   70
station: 71     US Cable        71      505250  false   71
station: 72     US Cable        72      511250  false   72
station: 73     US Cable        73      517250  false   73
station: 74     US Cable        74      523250  false   74
station: 75     US Cable        75      529250  false   75
station: 76     US Cable        76      535250  false   76
station: 77     US Cable        77      541250  false   77
station: 78     US Cable        78      547250  false   78
station: 79     US Cable        79      553250  false   79
station: 80     US Cable        80      559250  false   80
station: 81     US Cable        81      565250  false   81
station: 82     US Cable        82      571250  false   82
station: 83     US Cable        83      577250  false   83
station: 84     US Cable        84      583250  false   84
station: 85     US Cable        85      589250  false   85
station: 86     US Cable        86      595250  false   86
station: 87     US Cable        87      601250  false   87
station: 88     US Cable        88      607250  false   88
station: 89     US Cable        89      613250  false   89
station: 90     US Cable        90      619250  false   90
station: 91     US Cable        91      625250  false   91
station: 92     US Cable        92      631250  false   92
station: 93     US Cable        93      637250  false   93
station: 94     US Cable        94      643250  false   94
station: 95     US Cable        95      91250   false   95
station: 96     US Cable        96      97250   false   96
station: 97     US Cable        97      103250  false   97
station: 98     US Cable        98      109250  true    98
station: 99     US Cable        99      115250  false   99
videoinput: Using video4linux driver 'BT878(AVerMedia
TVCapture 98)'.
videoinput: Card type is eb, audio 4.
videoinput: tuner.tuner = 0
videoinput: tuner.name = Television
videoinput: tuner.rangelow = 0
videoinput: tuner.rangehigh = -1
videoinput: tuner.signal = 65535
videoinput: tuner.flags = PAL NTSC SECAM 
videoinput: tuner.mode = NTSC
videoinput: Audio supports Mutable 
videoinput: Brightness 32768, hue 32768, colour 32112,
contrast 27524
videoinput: Whiteness 0, depth 16, palette 7.
videoinput: Window set to (0,0/720x480), chromakey 0, flags
1, clips 0.
videoinput: tuner.tuner = 0
videoinput: tuner.name = Television
videoinput: tuner.rangelow = 0
videoinput: tuner.rangehigh = -1
videoinput: tuner.signal = 65535
videoinput: tuner.flags = PAL NTSC SECAM 
videoinput: tuner.mode = NTSC
tvtime: V4L sampling 720 pixels per scanline.
vbiscreen: In blank.
vbiscreen: In blank.
xcommon: Received a map, marking window as visible (48).
tvtime: Stats using 'Progressive: Top Field First' at 720x480.
tvtime: acquire 13.66ms, show bot 20.41ms, build top  3.36ms
tvtime: waitbot  0.09ms, show top 21.88ms, build bot  4.09ms
tvtime: average blit time: 21.49ms, average render time: 4.12ms
tvtime: Last frame times top-to-bot: 23.83ms, bot-to-top:
25.33ms
tvtime: Stats using 'Progressive: Top Field First' at 720x480.
tvtime: acquire  0.21ms, show bot 21.52ms, build top  6.99ms
tvtime: waitbot  0.12ms, show top 23.42ms, build bot  7.09ms
tvtime: average blit time: 21.73ms, average render time: 6.22ms
tvtime: Last frame times top-to-bot: 46.02ms, bot-to-top:
30.53ms
tvtime: Cleaning up.


xvinfo:
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
  Adaptor #0: "video4linux"
    number of ports: 1
    port base: 61
    operations supported: PutVideo 
    supported visuals:
      depth 24, visualID 0x23
      depth 24, visualID 0x24
      depth 24, visualID 0x25
      depth 24, visualID 0x26
    number of attributes: 15
      "XV_ENCODING" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 1)
      "XV_BRIGHTNESS" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_CONTRAST" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_SATURATION" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_HUE" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_MUTE" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_FREQ" (range 0 to 16000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 5684)
      "XV_SET_DEFAULTS" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
      "XV_AUTOPAINT_COLORKEY" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 1)
      "XV_COLORKEY" (range 0 to -1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is
16740766)
      "XV_DOUBLE_BUFFER" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 1)
      "XV_COLOR" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_RED_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_GREEN_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_BLUE_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
    number of encodings: 21
      encoding ID #0: "pal-television"
        size: 768 x 576
        rate: 0.020000
      encoding ID #1: "ntsc-television"
        size: 640 x 480
        rate: 0.016683
      encoding ID #2: "secam-television"
        size: 768 x 576
        rate: 0.020000
      encoding ID #3: "palnc-television"
        size: 640 x 576
        rate: 0.020000
      encoding ID #4: "palm-television"
        size: 640 x 576
        rate: 0.020000
      encoding ID #5: "paln-television"
        size: 768 x 576
        rate: 0.020000
      encoding ID #6: "ntscjp-television"
        size: 640 x 480
        rate: 0.016683
      encoding ID #7: "pal-composite1"
        size: 768 x 576
        rate: 0.020000
      encoding ID #8: "ntsc-composite1"
        size: 640 x 480
        rate: 0.016683
      encoding ID #9: "secam-composite1"
        size: 768 x 576
        rate: 0.020000
      encoding ID #10: "palnc-composite1"
        size: 640 x 576
        rate: 0.020000
      encoding ID #11: "palm-composite1"
        size: 640 x 576
        rate: 0.020000
      encoding ID #12: "paln-composite1"
        size: 768 x 576
        rate: 0.020000
      encoding ID #13: "ntscjp-composite1"
        size: 640 x 480
        rate: 0.016683
      encoding ID #14: "pal-svideo"
        size: 768 x 576
        rate: 0.020000
      encoding ID #15: "ntsc-svideo"
        size: 640 x 480
        rate: 0.016683
      encoding ID #16: "secam-svideo"
        size: 768 x 576
        rate: 0.020000
      encoding ID #17: "palnc-svideo"
        size: 640 x 576
        rate: 0.020000
      encoding ID #18: "palm-svideo"
        size: 640 x 576
        rate: 0.020000
      encoding ID #19: "paln-svideo"
        size: 768 x 576
        rate: 0.020000
      encoding ID #20: "ntscjp-svideo"
        size: 640 x 480
        rate: 0.016683
  Adaptor #1: "ATI Radeon Video Overlay"
    number of ports: 1
    port base: 62
    operations supported: PutImage 
    supported visuals:
      depth 24, visualID 0x23
      depth 24, visualID 0x24
      depth 24, visualID 0x25
      depth 24, visualID 0x26
      depth 24, visualID 0x27
      depth 24, visualID 0x28
      depth 24, visualID 0x29
      depth 24, visualID 0x2a
    number of attributes: 12
      "XV_SET_DEFAULTS" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
      "XV_AUTOPAINT_COLORKEY" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 1)
      "XV_COLORKEY" (range 0 to -1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is
16740766)
      "XV_DOUBLE_BUFFER" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 1)
      "XV_BRIGHTNESS" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_CONTRAST" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_SATURATION" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_COLOR" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_HUE" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_RED_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_GREEN_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_BLUE_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
    maximum XvImage size: 2048 x 2048
    Number of image formats: 4
      id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
        guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 16
        number of planes: 1
        type: YUV (packed)
      id: 0x59565955 (UYVY)
        guid: 55595659-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 16
        number of planes: 1
        type: YUV (packed)
      id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
        guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 12
        number of planes: 3
        type: YUV (planar)
      id: 0x30323449 (I420)
        guid: 49343230-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 12
        number of planes: 3
        type: YUV (planar)

xvtest:

Found 2 Xv adaptors
port number 62
222.854417 FPS 

x11perf -shmput500

x11perf - X11 performance program, version 1.5
The XFree86 Project, Inc server version 40300000 on :0.0
from fizia
Wed Oct 22 09:34:05 2003

Sync time adjustment is 0.0303 msecs.

    800 reps @   8.0175 msec (   125.0/sec): ShmPutImage
500x500 square
    800 reps @   8.0750 msec (   124.0/sec): ShmPutImage
500x500 square
    800 reps @   8.0493 msec (   124.0/sec): ShmPutImage
500x500 square
    800 reps @   8.0178 msec (   125.0/sec): ShmPutImage
500x500 square
    800 reps @   8.0134 msec (   125.0/sec): ShmPutImage
500x500 square
   4000 trep @   8.0346 msec (   124.0/sec): ShmPutImage
500x500 square



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