[mythtv-users] Playback CPU Usage, SDTV, HDTV, Is this right?

[Jarod Wilson]

On Wednesday 06 April 2005 18:10, Jonathan Watmough wrote:
> On Apr 6, 2005 5:40 PM, Kyle Rose <krose+mythtv at krose.org> wrote:
> > > Then surely the very first thing that should be suggested is that he
> > > enable XvMC?
> >
> > If this:
> > > And the .patch that was posted on the dev list, against CVS (Of 2
> > > hours ago), has made XvMC more stable (No crashing, though still got
> > > jittering)
> >
> > is true, then you are right.  My impression has always been that XvMC
> > support existed but wasn't stable enough for day-to-day use.  If that is
> > no longer true, then that is the right answer.

Definitely looks like DTK has made some huge progress on XvMC in the last few 
days.

> I've never tried using XvMC, but as far as speeding everything, you
> may want to go into you bios and make sure the memory clocks are set
> to good values.
>
> I run Corsair ram that supports 2.5, 2, 2, 6. Google is your friend
> for this stuff. Or read a few tomshardware memory tests.

That'll have next to zero impact on HDTV playback ability. The issue is lack 
of cpu power, not memory bandwidth.

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