[mythtv-users] Fwd: Sempron 3100 lag when viewing HD from 6200 STB
Steve Adeff
adeffs at gmail.com
Tue Jan 10 03:59:20 UTC 2006
On Monday 09 January 2006 22:51, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> Steve Adeff wrote:
> >On Monday 09 January 2006 21:06, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> >>Adam Propeck wrote:
> >>>I find it frustrating that this is a Linux only issue. If I had
> >>>trouble playing an 1080i stream on a Windows box with a 3 ghz proc,
> >>>I'd go crazy. Why is it that Linux has so much trouble with this? I
> >>>would think that it would be an easy thing like enabling the correct
> >>>video driver or something. I thought maybe my AGP GART stuff could
> >>>have been set incorrectly or something.
> >>
> >>Blame ATI. On Windows you are probably working with accelerated
> >>drivers. ATI has no such counterpart for Linux.
> >>
> >>Kevin
> >
> >but apparently I'm using too much CPU with an nvidia card...
>
> Nvidia isn't any better unless you're using XvMC. I've got a GeForce
> 6200 in my windows box (Athlon 1800) and it dies playing a 1080i content
> clip I have for testing. Play it with the Nvidia Decoder trial from
> their website, and it is rock solid playback. I'm guessing that no
> matter what, unless your video card drivers are *really* supplying the
> accelerated playback, you're always going to suffer until you get
> excessive CPUs.
>
> Kevin
right, but someone was saying his P4 2.4G plays 1080i at 50% cpu with no XvMC,
whereas my Athlon64 3200+ with no XvMC uses more around 95%...
--
Steve
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