Bug#523610: xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd: exa and xaa acceleration cause unstable DVD playback

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Arthur Marsh wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd
> Version: 1.2.5-1
> Severity: wishlist
>
>
> I have an ASUS M3A78 Pro motherboard with built-in Radeon 3200 HD
> (RS780 GPU) which I am hoping to use for video playback.
>
> At present I a using the VGA output and have found that the default
> acceleration takes the majority of the CPU cycles, and that using 
> either exa or xaa acceleration results in unstable video output using
> gxine and loss of audio/video synchronisation in mplayer.
>
> I could probably achieve better results with an older Radeon graphics
> card but such cards are no longer available new.
>
> I am happy to compile and test new versions of the radeonhd code.
>   

Does the ati/radeon driver work fine on this board?

Brice