[mythtv-users] Which *Nvidia* card should I buy

[Jason Werpy]

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:56:23 -0400, J. Donavan Stanley
<jdonavan at jdonavan.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Stephen Tait wrote:
> 
> > At 15:47 30/06/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >> Hi. You just missed a short novel I wrote on the subject.
> >>
> >> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2004-June/047253.html
> >>
> >> Short answer: yes, probably get the Chaintech mx440. The fx5200 has a
> >> decent chance of being good as well, but try and make sure you can
> >> return it if not.  ;)
> >
> >
> > I have to second my FX series (very very cheap MX 4000 with a passive
> > HSF and a TV-out I've not actually tried out yet, so can't comment on
> > the quality). It's got hardware MPEG2 decoding onboard that the GF4's
> > don't have; if you use the binary nVidia drivers, MPEG2 playback uses
> > virtually no CPU in my experience.
> 
> 
> The only MPEG2 decoding acceleration ANY nvidia card offers under Myth
> is XvMC and all the geforce 4 cards support it.  MPEG2 playback doesn't
> consume much CPU when you're using a modern CPU / vid card.
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> 

I know there are downsides, but what does it take switch to XvMC for
myth?  Also can MPEG4 be played if you are using XvMC?