On 02/01/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ben Curtis</b> <<a href="mailto:mythtv@nosolutions.com">mythtv@nosolutions.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hey Everyone,<br><br>My theater room box has done me well, but now I'm starting to play with<br>x264 encoded 1080p files, and the system just doesn't have enough<br>horsepower to play them in linux. Since I have a mobo that is really
<br>common in HTPC systems I figured I'd ask if anyone else has a chip<br>recommendation that would work well for it. I currently have an ASUS<br>M2NPV-VM (<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131014">
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131014</a>)<br>board and use the onboard Nvidia 6150 graphics, with a Sempron 3400+ chip.<br> Anything up to 720p source works fine, but 1080p x264 stutters. These<br>
chips fit my board:<br><br><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2+50001028+40000343+1051720996&name=Socket+AM2">http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2+50001028+40000343+1051720996&name=Socket+AM2
</a><br><br>Looking to make sure I have more than enough under the hood to play,<br>without breaking the bank (usual). Also, using mplayer, will the a dual<br>core system help? (running 64bit FC6).<br><br>Thanks,<br>Ben<br>
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http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br></blockquote></div><br>I have the same motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+<br>Plays h.264 1080p files in mplayer using around 25%-30% on both cores.<br>
<br>Ash<br>