[mythtv-users] HD Playback using ATI 9550

[N Dugas]

Steve Adeff wrote:
> 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
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One more question came to mind.  This onboard video is GeForce 4MX. 
Will this be ok?  I'm going to try XvmC to see what the results are soon 
(hopefully tonight).

Norm
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