[mythtv-users] Out of spec FSB speeds for a P3?

Chris Ribe chrisribe at gmail.com
Sat Dec 17 23:50:22 EST 2005


No, no MPEG2 acceleration on this machine.  No DVD drive either.  Although,
I do remember shopping for a laptop in 1998 and a 400Mhz PII being
recommnded for software DVD playback.


On 12/17/05, Nick <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 17/12/05, Chris Ribe <chrisribe at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a PII 450 w/ a 100Mhz FSB that I used as a frontend with
> KnoppMyth
> > last year.  It couldn't handle 720x480 MPEG2, but it could get by
> 512x320 or
> > so.  (I forget the exact resolution I was using).
> >
>
> Chris,
>
> Did your video card offer any MPEG2 acceleration features, or was this
> mostly CPU-work? I think I remember an old AMD K6/3-400 being able to
> play DVD, but I could be imagining it (it was a while ago)!
>
> Nick
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