[mythtv-users] Should a Via Epia V8000 (PLE, no CLE!) be able to do livetv?

[Francesco Peeters]

Before I put any more time in this, I was wondering:

Will an Epia V8000 (800MHz C3, 256 MB RAM, PLE VGA (So no CLE H/W MPEG), 
Hauppage PVR250) be able to playback recordings and livetv?

I have 2 big issues right now:
1)No Audio (might be drivers, haven't put any time in that yet)
2)Stuttering video.

As to #2:
About every second a few frames are dropped. This happens irrespective 
of the MPEG2 source: both livetv and playback of a recording do the same.
Processor seems to be at a staggering 86% usage when playing either 
livetv or recording, which seems to be a bit high to me, even for a 
'meagre' 800MHz processor

The VGA driver being used is the Trident XFree driver included in KnoppMyth

TIA!

-- 
Francesco Peeters
   Via Epia V8000 - 256M RAM - 160GB Maxtor - PVR-250