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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks Doug for the response. It seems to be working well except
on one channel. The stream is playing in slow-motion (same with the audio) and
very stuttery. I checked it in vlc on my Windows box and it plays fine. Just
another something so that keeps my focus on the Myth box. Too funny about your
wife, I am racing against the clock to get everything working before my wife
gets back from Phoenix TO Colorado. Auto-commercial skip is awesome and the
only thing that has interested her in the project, I am sure yours will love
it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Douglas Wagner<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 16, 2007 4:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Discussion about mythtv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [mythtv-users] TiVo Convert Experience - HDTV Video Card
Recommendation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I don't know that anyone ever
responded to this for you Jim:<br>
<br>
A 3200+ is just fine. I'm running only HD OTA stuff (no cable, no sat.)
but there's no issue with a 3000+ AMD chip. I have pretty much the same
board you do (ASUS A8V-N or something like that...it's the PCI-E version) and
i'm running an NVidia 6200 (PCI-E not AGP since I couldn't find a board with
AGP on it for a price I liked). <br>
<br>
My prior machine before this upgrade was a Pentium IV 2800 HT processor, I was
getting sound sync problems on ABC (sound up to 4 - 5 seconds off in recordings
and live TV...didn't happen when played through Xine)...however after the
upgrade to the 3000+ everything runs smooth as silk...now If I could just get
my damn keyboard to work correctly before the wife gets home from Colorado,
i'll be a very happy man with a very happy wife...I just found the
auto-commercial skip feature in the setup last night...boy will she be
surprised. :) <br>
<br>
--Doug<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote>On 5/2/07, <b>Jim Shank</b> <<a
href="mailto:jim.shank@gmail.com">jim.shank@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for the great feedback. Is the AMD Athlon 64 3200+
considered<br>
underpowered for this application?<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org
</a><br>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org</a>]
On Behalf Of Michael T. Dean<br>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 3:34 PM<br>
To: Discussion about mythtv<br>
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] TiVo Convert Experience - HDTV Video Card <br>
Recommendation<br>
<br>
On 05/02/2007 05:10 PM, Jim Shank wrote:<br>
> want to take<br>
> full advantage of 1080p on the new TV which leads me to asking for a<br>
> recommendation for a video card that will properly drive the new display. <br>
><br>
> I can't begin to explain the suffering I went through in order to get the<br>
> ATI card to work at 640x480 via S-Video on my existing TV and still have<br>
> bowed edges to the picture. I have spent the last 5-hours Googling MythTV <br>
HD<br>
> and have determined that an nVidia card is the way to go.<br>
<br>
Yes. For MythTV, I see it as: ATI = pain; NVIDIA = bliss.<br>
<br>
> The FX5200 seems<br>
> to be the de-facto standard but there are some complaints about not being <br>
> able to keep up with 1080i/p.<br>
<br>
I've done 1080p output (using everything from PVR-x50-encoded 480i60 to<br>
OTA HDTV at 720p60 and 1080i60) on a GF4MX440, a GF5200, GF6200, and a<br>
GF7800GTX. As far as TV goes, they're all fine. <br>
<br>
If you have an underpowered CPU and use XvMC for HDTV, you'll want at<br>
least a 5200 (and anything more won't really help).<br>
<br>
The main difference comes into play on the OpenGL. The menu-based<br>
effects are not a problem for any of the cards. However, for the GL <br>
transitions in MythGallery, the MX440 didn't even come close. The
7800<br>
is more than enough for these, but it's really overkill in the grand<br>
scheme of things (i.e. the GL transitions aren't worth the $--I just <br>
happened to get it for another project, so...).<br>
<br>
Also, the MX440 required me to scale Goom to a quarter size for<br>
reasonable performance. The 7800 works with it (and all of Project M<br>
visualizations) at full res. <br>
<br>
> The 6200 is rumored to handle the resolution<br>
> better but appears to have problems with video-overlay namely the lack of<br>
> OSD colors.<br>
<br>
However, as someone who just replaced a GF4MX440 with a GF6200, I highly <br>
recommend getting a 6200. The main reason is because it will be
"one<br>
step later" before NVIDIA "end-of-life's" the
card. Besides, if you're<br>
a good shopper, you can find one for the same cost as a 5200. While
I <br>
can't tell you when the 6200 will become a "legacy" GPU--let alone
when<br>
the 5200 will be--since they're both the same price, it's almost<br>
definitely going to cost you more to get a 5200 that you'll want to <br>
upgrade once it's legacy (assumes you upgrade your kernel and/or video<br>
drivers every once in a while).<br>
<br>
The lack of playback picture controls on the 6x00 and above is only an<br>
issue if you're the type who likes to change <br>
brightness/contrast/color/hue while watching TV. You can use<br>
nvidia-settings to change them however you like and leave them there,<br>
but the main difference is that approach affects the GUI (i.e. X) as<br>
well as video playback. (I, personally, happen to be an all-defaults
<br>
kind of guy, so it's not an issue for me.)<br>
<br>
And, the 6200 should be fine for the GL transitions in MythGallery as<br>
well as the visualizations in MythMusic/xine/xmms/...<br>
<br>
> It also seems that anything above that is a waste since this is
<br>
> a 2D application and the system won't be used for anything beyond that. I<br>
> would appreciate a recommendation please.<br>
><br>
<br>
Basically, yes--with the exception of OpenGL transitions in the gallery. <br>
<br>
Mike<br>
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