[mythtv-users] HDTV Hardware requirements

[bill peck]

I use mythroku as well,  It plays back HD wondefully.

I'm connected with wired ethernet and using the mythRoku frontend.  Stuck at
0.18.1 because of that for now.

On 2/19/06, Mark Johannessen <mfjlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> How is your Roku HD1000 connected to your backend?
>
> Mark
>
> On 2/19/06, Daniel Walton <dwalton at cisco.com> wrote:
> > I'm using MythRoku on a Roku HD1000.  It is a limited frontend but is
> cheap
> > ($200 - $250), quiet, and has nice picture quality.
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> > On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Richard Shaw wrote:
> >
> > > I'd like to take a poll and see what kind of hardware people are using
> > > to view HDTV. I've been having some problems getting mine to function
> > > properly but have been attributing it to some settings or tweaks since
> I
> > > thought I had plenty of horsepower.
> > >
> > > Here's my stats:
> > >
> > > Athlon XP 2500+
> > > 512MB PC3200 Ram
> > > Nvidia MX4000 64MB
> > > pcHDTV HD-3000
> > > Segate 250MB ATA-100 hard drive
> > > MythTV 0.19
> > >
> > > Here's my problem:
> > > I had problems with the video slowing down (or pausing) every 1-2
> > > second. I enabled xvmc and the other tweaks ont he xvmc wiki. This
> > > seemed to improve things but I still get pauses when the OSD pops up.
> > > Everything seems to work well when I try using azap and mplayer. Is
> this
> > > just due to the overhead of mythtv and the ring buffer?
> > >
> > > Also, on that note, MythTV seemed to pick up many more channels than
> > > atscscan, however, many of them do not work or seem to be transmitting
> > > blank/black video. Is this normal? I also get up to three channels for
> a
> > > single station, sometimes more than one having -DT. Along those lines,
> > > I'm supposed to be able to import my channels.conf but I didn't see
> > > anything in mythtvsetup to do this. Is it some sort of command line
> program?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Richard
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Bill Peck
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