[mythtv-users] Pundit-R & HDTV

[Brad Fuller]

Blastzone wrote:

> This mythtv project has been a great learning experience, and it's a 
> really neat tool that all my friends love.
> Well, that, and the 96" wide projector it's hooked up to.
>
> I've managed to get my PCHDtv 3000 running using DVB in FC4, with very 
> few problems.  I just manually loaded the cx88-dvb module, and it 
> popped right up.  Being in rural NE US, I did not expect to have any 
> HD streams available, and no one is doing OTA digital until Aug 06.
>
> My cable company (Adelphia), is, however, pushing some digital content 
> across the line.  That's the good news.
> The bad news is, the HD performance of my system is terrible.
>
> Playing an HD stream (1080i) through myth shows:
> processor at 100%  (split between Mythfrontend and X)
> pink bar covering right side of screen (I know this was discussed 
> earlier, but I haven't looked for it yet)
> audio skips, and stutters
> video running at horrible framerate 5-10 fps
>
> I haven't been able to look at 720p streams yet, at least, not that i 
> know of.
>
> My question is, are there others out there successfully using a 
> pundit-r to watch HD streams, and if so, what should I be looking at 
> fixing?
>
> specs:
> Asus pundit-r  - integrated ATI Radeon 9100IGP video
> P4 2.53GHz (northwood)
> 512meg PC3200 ram
> Seagate 160GB IDE HDD
> PCHDtv HD-3000 (using QAM tuning)
> Hauppauge PVR-250
>
> Running FC4
> Mythtv 0.18.1 stable
> radeon video driver

I don't have a pundit, but I'm curious to know how you were able to view 
your HD stream inside MythTV. Do you always load the cx88 module 
manually? What device did you assign the HD3000 to in mythtv-setup?