> My basic machines stats are: > Athlon XP 2100+ > nForce chipset > GeForce2 MX > WinTV PCI > 256MB RAM > 80 GB 7200RPM Seagate Barricuda IV with DMA on > RedHat 8.0 > alsa-lib 0.9.1-fr1 > > I have a very similar system and I get good performance, with plenty of cpu left over. Biggest difference I see is I use mpg4. cedar