[mythtv-users] More XvMC data points

[Tom Lichti]

Michael Tiller wrote:
> 
> On 11/29/06, *Brad DerManouelian* <myth at dermanouelian.com 
> <mailto:myth at dermanouelian.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On Nov 29, 2006, at 8:41 AM, Michael Tiller wrote:
> 
>     That table states " Without XvMC, HD stutters a lot." on the 2.93GHz
>     Celeron. Also note that it states no de-interlacing is being used.
>     So yeah, I would say it's hopeless to get HD happening on that
>     processor without XvMC. AGP/PCI should make no difference that I can
>     tell. The table also states that using a Pentium 4 2.4, you can run
>     HD without XvMC and get up to 70% CPU utilization. Switching might
>     be your best option. You'll have to check your processors to see if
>     they use the same socket. Pentium and Celeron came in a variety of
>     different footprints. 
> 
> 
> Interestingly, I've gotten XvMC working (in the sense that I get the 
> gray OSD).  It isn't any better in terms of playback.  In fact, it makes 
> the system more unstable.  I've had it lock my whole system multiple 
> times just by "Alt-Tabbing" to another window.
> 
> This is all very frustrating.  I get an HDHomerun and then findout my 
> system can't handle the data I get. :-(
> 
> I'll look into swapping the CPUs.  I shudder to think what my wife will 
> say if I tell her I need to buy a new P4 just to play back the HD.  I've 
> already acquired the HDHomerun more memory and had to replace a 
> motherboard just to get to this point. :-(

According to this post: 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/238823

he has HD running on an AMD Duron 1.6GHz with XvMC, which is certainly 
less powerful than your system.

Tom