[mythtv-users] Pundit vs xbox frontend, tracking down jitters

[MegaDeTH]

I need another frontend setup for my downstairs TV, I really like how 
the xbox frontend turned out, but I've been seeing quite a few posts on 
the Pundit setup.  What's the end cost on the pundit running?  It's 
costing me 260 $ for the xbox + remote + modchip per setup.

I have not yet bothered to setup the remote, but others have done it, so 
I should be able to get configs from them, can the pundit come close in 
cost?  Or will i get any extra features with the pundit vs the xbox?

The only annoying thing on the xbox, is the intel8x0 sound card, I have 
jitter problems with the sound, on both my frontends, backend is 
currently a dual cpu 400mhz with 180gb drive for video only, I suppose 
the jitter could be from the slow backend, is there any easy way to 
narrow down the source?  Both machines have the intel8x0 cards, mplayer 
works well on both, but mythfrontend has jitter problems, that appear to 
be only sound related, but difficult to tell.  Turning on aggressive 
sound buffering doesnt seem to affect the problem, /dev/dsp and 
/dev/dsp0 both have the same problem, I leave the encoding at the 
default 704x480, using 2 PVR250's one per backend, someday I'll upgrade 
the backend, but it's so stable I dont like messing with it.

Using CSV's as of today, debian on xbox with redhat9 on the 2 backends, 
any sugestions on the jitter?  I'm hoping it's something simple I'm 
overlooking.

Thanks in advance Mega
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