[mythtv-users] A paradigm shift is coming. Are you ready?

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Feb 12, 2008 10:18 AM, Kevin Kuphal <kkuphal at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Feb 12, 2008 9:35 AM, Brian Phillips <brian.phillips at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> > jedi at mishnet.org wrote:
> >   Is
> > the hardware there in video cards, but non-supported in Linux?  I read
> > somewhere that directx was the method for using these GPUs to their
> > fullest,
> > so is linux therefore locked out of these GPUs to a point?
> >
>
> This is exactly the problem.  Take nvidia for example, the premier driver
> for Linux for HD playback IMO.  If I take the same card from my MythTV box
> and put it in Windows with the stock drivers, my Athlon 2000 PC could not
> play back HD content.  But, if I download the 30 day trial of Nvidia's
> PureVideo player with accelerated drivers for Windows, voila, my lowly
> processer can chew through HD no problem.
>

I should note, that in Linux, I require a 3.2Ghz P4 processor + XvMC to do
the job with the Linux drivers that my Athlon 2000 could do with the
PureVideo drivers.


>
> Drivers are the issue and until Linux gets *full* featured drivers with
> the necessary hooks for applications to use them, it will always lag behind
> and be more about the CPU than the graphics board.
>

Kevin
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