[mythtv-users] Lots of confusion as to which card(s) to buy for vdpau

[Bill Williamson]

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi
>
> I posted the following on the nvidia forums. Those are my findings
> about all the nvidia cards I own and how they perform with VDPAU.
>
> I have way too many nvidia cards :)
>
> ---
> .
> Hi.
>
> I have just received my Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H which is based on a 9400
> chipset.
>
> I have a few nvidia cards, and I tested them all with VDPAU using MythTV.
>
> --
> ASUS EN8400GS SILENT/HTP/512M, 8400GS, 512MB at 400Mhz, G98 based,
> 567.4MHz. Supports H264, MPEG2 and VC-1.
> deinterlacing result:
> SD: One Field, Bob 2X, Temporal 1X, Advanced 1X, Temporal 2X, Advanced 2X
> HD: One Field, Bob 2X
>
> --
> Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H, 9400G IGP, 512MB at 1600Mhz.. 580MHz. Supports
> H264, MPEG2 and VC-1
> deinterlacing result:
> SD: One Field, Bob 2X, Temporal 1X, Advanced 1X, Temporal 2X, Advanced 2X
> HD: One Field, Bob 2X, Temporal 1X, Advanced 1X
> Note with HD content and either Temporal 1X and Advanced 1X there are
> some weird effects from time to time, like it's missing some frames
> and slight trails on moving object: still usable
>


So if we want blu-ray, these are the onyl two options?

I got the EN8400GS... seems I made a lucky but good choice!

With HD, as long as it's not 1080i (which there's not much of here in AU),
"One Field" should be fine?  (eg only 576/720p broadcast or 1080p content
from blu-ray) ?
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