[mythtv-users] Any ideas on why this system would be unable to handle HD playback?

[Steven Adeff]

On 10/24/06, Richard Bronosky <mythtv at bronosky.com> wrote:
> The video formats are various XVID AVIs.  I get fairly frequent
> stutters, and the surround sound seems to work for the first 2 seconds
> and then go to stereo/3 channel.
>
> My setup is here: http://bronosky.com/?p=21 Most of the newegg links
> aren't good anymore, but you should still be able to derive what I am
> running from the descriptions.  I am running the KnoppMyth R5C1.  I
> have SPDIF out working.  I think I have XvMC working, but don't know
> enough to verify this.

First off, XvMC won't do anything for XviD.

Why the audio would change is beyond me, all I can think is the files
are damaged. What does your CPU do during the stutters? It would seem
to me that it could just be high cpu usage, the XP 2600 not being as
fast as an Athlon64 3000 which seems to be the minimum for HD playback
without XvMC.

-- 
Steve
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