The above patch enables hw acceleration for video files and HTTP streams, but the acceleration for TV channels does not work and I have no idea how to fix it. Kaffeine consumes ~30% CPU even when playing SD channels.

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diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f94ec2..1e4442b 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ configure_file(config-kaffeine.h.cmake ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/config-kaffeine.h)
 
 kde4_add_executable(kaffeine ${kaffeinedvb_SRCS} ${kaffeine_SRCS})
 target_link_libraries(kaffeine ${QT_QTSQL_LIBRARY} ${KDE4_KFILE_LIBS} ${KDE4_KIO_LIBS}
-                      ${KDE4_SOLID_LIBS} ${X11_Xscreensaver_LIB} ${VLC_LIBRARY})
+                      ${KDE4_SOLID_LIBS} ${X11_Xscreensaver_LIB} ${VLC_LIBRARY} -lX11)
 install(TARGETS kaffeine ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
 install(FILES scanfile.dvb DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/kaffeine)
 install(PROGRAMS kaffeine.desktop DESTINATION ${XDG_APPS_INSTALL_DIR})
diff --git a/src/backend-vlc/vlcmediawidget.cpp b/src/backend-vlc/vlcmediawidget.cpp
index 24ba59b..9de327b 100644
--- a/src/backend-vlc/vlcmediawidget.cpp
+++ b/src/backend-vlc/vlcmediawidget.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ VlcMediaWidget::VlcMediaWidget(QWidget *parent) : AbstractMediaWidget(parent), v
 
 bool VlcMediaWidget::init()
 {
-	const char *arguments[] = { "--no-video-title-show" };
+	const char *arguments[] = { "--no-video-title-show", "--no-ignore-config" };
 	vlcInstance = libvlc_new(sizeof(arguments) / sizeof(arguments[0]), arguments);
 
 	if (vlcInstance == NULL) {
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 4992b93..625baf5 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <KUniqueApplication>
 #include "mainwindow.h"
 #include "sqlhelper.h"
+#include <X11/Xlib.h>
 
 class KaffeineApplication : public KUniqueApplication
 {
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ int KaffeineApplication::newInstance()
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+	XInitThreads();
 	KAboutData aboutData("kaffeine", 0, ki18n("Kaffeine"), "1.3-git",
 		ki18n("A media player for KDE with digital TV support."),
 		KAboutData::License_GPL_V2, ki18n("(C) 2007-2011 The Kaffeine Authors"),
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Reproducible: Always