[mythtv-users] vdpau worth it for hdtv?

[Brad Templeton]

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:35:11AM -0800, Yeechang Lee wrote:
> Andre Newman <mythtv-list at dinkum.org.uk> says:
> > IMHO the ION is not doing VDPAU & MythTV any favours as it's not
> > powerful enough to make MythTV HDTV look as it should
> 
> I keep hearing that Advanced 2x (which the Ion isn't capable of
> handling) is better than Temporal 2x (which the Ion can handle, and
> which I use with my 8400GS), but yours is the strongest such statement
> so far!

I haven't found the difference to be as large as some people said.
The main benefit is the reduced CPU load.   Right now there are downsides
to VDPAU on an underpowered system -- the OSD will cause stutter in the
video if you use any of the advanced deinterlacers even on 480i, at
least as of 3 weeks ago.

It also is less tolerant of errors in your recording which is an issue
with stuff recorded off the air, and even some firewire recordings which
do drop packets from time to time.