[mythtv-users] Would this hardware be OK for high definition?

[Robert Moss]

I'd say mostly the Graphics card

You really need an nvidia 6x00 or above PCI/PCIe card to do HDTV as it
does all the processing. Otherwise the CPU has to do all the work and
you'll lose frames.

I have a system with a Pentium-D E5200, nvidia 7x00 pci-e, and a
Hauppauge Nova-T PCI card and it plays HDTV just fine, using 30% of the
CPU.

It wouldn't be too hard to test -- just install the Mythbuntu /
Knoppmyth live CD, and try to play one of the .mkv or .ts samples from
http://x264.nl/h.264.samples/

cheers

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:14:25 +1100, "Phill Edwards"
<philledwards at gmail.com> said:
> 2008/11/26 Robert McNamara <iamlindoro at aol.com>:
> > No.
> >
> 
> In what areas is it not OK, do you think?
> 
> The MythTV docco at
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1 says "Once you
> are in the 3.2 Ghz P4-class of CPU you should have no issues with
> viewing HDTV"
> 
> Regards,
> Phill
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