[mythtv-users] Performance with intel GMA3100

Adam Stylinski kungfujesus06 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 23 01:39:45 UTC 2009


errr, this board:
http://www.mini-box.com/Intel-DG45FC-Mini-ITX-Motherboard?sc=8&category=100

My bad (sorry for spamming the mailing list, I got clicky happy).

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Adam Stylinski <kungfujesus06 at gmail.com>wrote:

> This board would actually be perfect if that damned PCI-Ex were a PCI slot
> instead. Unless PCHDTV wants to try to design a 1x PCI-Ex version of their
> card.
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Adam Stylinski <kungfujesus06 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hmm sadly an extra video card would add too much to the already increasing
>> cost.  On top of that, many of the mini-itx chassis that support expansion
>> cards to pretty much adapt the PCI traces to be a horizontal slot only exist
>> for PCI.  I would need both a PCI slot and a PCI-Ex slot.  I suppose I could
>> use this already X300, will it tear if I use that instead (and of course fix
>> the video timing issues you have with vertical sync)?  In the mythtv wiki
>> there's an try about how to better utilize the RTC for timing, it fixed many
>> problems I had with my current rig (7600 GT, where OpenGL Vsync of course
>> doesn't work at all with newer nvidia drivers).  The tearing issues ought to
>> go away when correct EDID data is sent back to the card and you have
>> deinterlacing going (1080i signals are supposed to give you tearing on
>> progressive scan TV's).
>>
>> I guess what everybody else's experience is is simply that an atom
>> processor probably won't be enough to decode HD, even with the X2.  I feared
>> this, I'll probably need to invest in a mini-itx Core2 board (essentially
>> what the mac mini's used).  Sadly mini-box has some of the greatest deals
>> this week but it looks like that hardware is worthless for HD :(.
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> 2009/1/23  <greg at nodecam.com>:
>>> > My Dell Studio Hybrid has the same video chipset, and I'm able to
>>> playback
>>> > Mpeg2 HD at 1080p (note, source video is 1080i or 720p) with no
>>> problems
>>> > without xvmc.  I don't know if xvmc is supported or not, but I don't
>>> > really care either, since I don't need it.  I can't playback HDPVR
>>> > recordings though, but that's a function of the CPU not being up to the
>>> > task, and the video card being no help at all.
>>>
>>> I've never been happy with the Intel driver for my X3100 IGP.
>>> OpenGL vsync doesn't work.. (but most OpenGL features don't work anyway)
>>>
>>> Quite a few annoying tearing too..
>>>
>>> So I got a nVidia 9400GT passively cooled ; very happy since and VDPAU
>>> looks very promising.
>>>
>>> Jean-Yves
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>>
>>
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