[mythtv-users] nvidia help

[glen]

On 09/24/2013 10:46 AM, Joseph Fry wrote:
>>>> i built and itx frontend with: foxconn 1155 socket board, celeron ivy
>>>> bridge dual processor 2.6 ghz, nvidia 610 card. 2 gig ram system. 1 gig ram
>>>> on card.
>>>>
>>>> using mythbuntu; all updates; and at the moment 325 nvidia driver, i am
>>>> disappointed with vdpau playback. the vdpau is working only uses about 5 per
>>>> cent of cpu. i am using high quality profile with 2x temporal and it is
>>>> choppy in action scenes.
>>>
>>> The GT610 is a pretty low end card, lower performing than even the old
>>> recommended minimum, a GT220.  It's possible you simply don't have enough
>>> grunt to manage that deinterlacer on HD content.
>> thanks, yes that is probably it. would a gt430 improve things ?. i had read
>> a prior thread here that said the 610 could nearly do advanced 2x, so i
>> thought even without the advanced 2x it would be sufficient for fairly
>> smooth playback. the files from my hdpvr play mostly acceptable, those are a
>> slightly lower bit rate. was hoping i was missing something that would
>> improve things. i am on .27 playing to a samsung 40 inch display a couple of
>> years old, d630. i had to do a lot of tweaking to get xbmc to play smoothly,
>> but now it is smooth on hd content.
> You could replace the card... or just not use Advanced 2X and try one
> of the other deinterlacers, many people use Nvidia cards that don't
> support Advanced 2x quite happily.
i am not using the advanced 2x, i am using the temporal 2x, it plays the 
same as the 2x advanced as far as i can tell, both choppy. what played 
the best was turning off vdpau and letting tv deinterlace by using the 
interlaced 2x.
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