[mythtv-users] Temporal 2x vs Temporal-Spatial 2x

[Richard Shaw]

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Mark Lord <mythtv at rtr.ca> wrote:
> On 12-02-27 09:52 AM, Mark Lord wrote:
> ..
>> But I've now double/triple checked things, and the setup didn't/doesn't
>> have that "zoom by one" thing set -- I must have gotten rid of it at some point.
>>
>> So, the GT430 stutters sometimes, even on "normal" 1920x1080 playback.
>> Which is odd, because my Atom/Ion2 box can play the same content
>> without the stutter, and there's no way the GT430 is slower than Ion2!  :)
>>
>> That's even with the clocks set to "performance" in nvidia-settings.
>>
>> So, something else is affecting things.  One difference between the Atom/Ion2
>> box and the larger GT430 box, is the former uses XFCE whereas the latter
>> has a "normal" Gnome2 desktop underneath mythfrontend.
>>
>> I seem to recall that the Ion2 box did stutter when I originally set it
>> up with GNOME, which is why it now has XFCE.  The other box had no issues
>> with GNOME when originally set up with a 9500GT, and later with a GT240.
>>
>> So.. I might try and get an XFCE desktop going on that box,
>> or perhaps work at trying to shoehord the (double-slot width) GT240 card
>> back into it again.
>
> An update:  I never did figure out the issue,
> and didn't get around to trying XFCE instead of GNOME.
>
> But I did manage to shoehorn the 2-slot GT240 card back into the system,
> and playback is once again buttery smooth for all content.
>
> The GT430 card will just have to find a new home elsewhere.

Perhaps on a smaller TV with only 720 lines of resolution? Or in my
case, my 32in is 1366x768.

Richard