[mythtv-users] VIA MII 1000 and PVR 150

[Joe Votour]

--- Jake Thompson <jake at jakethompson.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the info, sounds like the info I
> gathered.  The openchrome
> project has the XvMC driver, so I will be trying
> that.  How was the CPU
> usage when using XvMC, I am hoping that it is
> relatively low.
> I am not doing HD, that will be a whole other
> project, need to tackle this
> one first.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 4/13/06, Joe Votour <joevph at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
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> >
>
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> > >
> >
> > I used a similar setup in the past, and then I
> > relegated my MII 10000 to a file server when I was
> > dissatisfied with it.  My dissatisfaction wasn't
> over
> > how well the Epia functioned for MythTV (it worked
> > fairly well for that), it was because I couldn't
> play
> > my favorite MAME games on it.
> >
> > You pretty much will have to use XvMC (I was able
> to
> > barely play back SD video without it, using 90% of
> the
> > CPU with the occasional stutter).  I haven't kept
> up
> > on the various Unichrome projects, but you want
> the
> > one with XvMC (as I believe that one of them took
> it
> > out).  For HD (you didn't say), forget it, it
> won't
> > happen, XvMC or not.
> >
> > Keep in mind that I did this around the time of
> MythTV
> > 0.17, so things may have changed since then.
> >
> > -- Joe
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If I recall correctly, the CPU usage with XvMC was
about 40%.  The picture looked very nice also, I'd say
it was probably second to that of the PVR-350 TV-Out.

You may also have to deal with overscan issues as well
(much like the PVR-350 has) - I know that at the time,
 there was only two or three overscan settings, none
of which was optimal for my TV.  But then again, as I
said, I tried this quite some time ago, the drivers
may have improved.

-- Joe

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