[mythtv-users] HD Playback using ATI 9550

[Steve Adeff]

On Tuesday 22 November 2005 12:13, Tom Dombrosky wrote:
> On 11/22/05, N Dugas <normdugas at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> > Steve Adeff wrote:
> > > On Monday 21 November 2005 16:28, N Dugas wrote:
> > >>I've got a myth box that I'd like to do HD playback. It's connected to
> > >>a DCT6412. I'd like to re-use a spare ATI 9550 with 256M for this. Is
> > >>this possible? Every thing I found suggests I use Nvidia due to
> > >>superior drivers.
> > >>
> > >>Thanks,
> > >>Norm
> > >
> > > what processor?
> > >
> > > Steve
> >
> > Currently: Athlon XP 1800 but I've got an Athlon XP 3000 that may make
> > it's way into that PC. I'm using the onboard video for playback
> > currently but HD stutters too much to make it watchable.
> >
> > This pc:
> > Asus A7N8X-VM/400
> > 1G OCZ Dual DDR Ram
> > Athlon XP 1800 CPU
> > PCI IEEE1394 card
> >
> > DCT-6412 connected via 1394
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Norm
>
> My personal experience has been that nvidia cards work better with myth
> than radeons. A lot of people have had success with Radeons so I don't want
> to give them a bad reputation. Your onboard video will work with xvmc,
> which drastically lowers the cpu requirements for hd decoding. I can do it
> easily on an Athlon XP 2000 with xvmc enabled. You would need to use the
> nvidia binary drivers though. I recommend sticking with the onboard nvidia
> stuff.
>
> Tom

Use the onboard GeForce, drop the XP3000 in as well ;-)

With the 3000 you won't need XvmC, but like what Tom said it will reduce CPU 
requirements. The faster CPU can be used for commercial detect, etc.

Steve