[mythtv-users] Idiotic newby questions about Nvidia, PVR-x50's and mpegs

[Gregorio Gervasio, Jr.]

>>>>> michael brown writes:

m> 1)  Can I get hardware decoding of mpeg by my video card to work?  What
m> option would I use for the X configuration file and/or how would I be
m> able to check and see that it was working?  I'd really like to use this
m> feature of the card if it's at all possible.

        XVMC support is only for MPEG-2 video so you can't use it if
you are doing software encoding.  Don't know how much it will help
if you decide to get a PVR-250.

m> 2)  I'm thinking of getting a PVR-250, would this reduce the encoding
m> burden on the system enough to make it usable with the dual P-II's?
m> This is $150.00.

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Gregorio Gervasio, Jr.