<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On Aug 21, 2005, at 4:35 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The MythTV docs specify information regarding the current "stable" release of IvyTV--version 0.1.9.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>All the information they give is completely correct--framebuffer-based output takes a lot of CPU--but if you choose to use the "unstable" versions of IvyTV--version 0.2.0-rc3(whatever) or 0.3.6(whatever), you may (should) use the Xv support that John added.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>If you're using Xv support, video on the PVR-350 is basically as processor-intensive as video on a "real" video card using Xv support (but takes more processor than using XvMC--which you should only need for high-def, which the PVR-350 can't do).<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>However, OpenGL is not (and cannot be) supported on the PVR-350 (since it has no 3D acceleration in the hardware).</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mike</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD">Will the PVR-350 be able to handle snes9x or MAME output without any trouble?</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD">-Matt</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>