[mythtv-users] a7n8x -- lockup after 30 minutes recording]

[manu]

Le 14.11.2003 06:41:28, Jim Paris a écrit :
> > Has nothing to do with myth. The nForce2 bug is well documented on
> the
> > net and the kernel lists. There are lots of NF2s out there that  
> work
> out
> > of the box. But at least as many that don't. NVidia doesn't seem to
> take
> > revision numbering very seriously :-)
> 
> So the nForce2s are troublesome.  And VIAs are troublesome.  Doesn't
> leave many options for Athlon systems.  Is SiS therefore the best, or
> are the nForce2s generally OK once APIC is disabled?  I've been  
> trying
> to figure this out lately before deciding what to buy, and am just
> curious.
> 
> (This is not very on-topic except that it may be used for an upgrade
> to my MythTV box, so replies should probably be directed to me  
> instead
> of the list)

Now that I have disabled the APIC, my box is really rock solid (it is  
an AOPEN). Even the sound is working great (speakers are logitech z- 
640) with MythTV and also mplayer and XMMS (5.1 is really great with  
mplayer). I cannot tell really about performance comparison by myself  
(I had a Duron before ;-) but my box looks really performant. Actually  
with a XP2000+ I can watch LiveTV at high quality (as I have a WinTV  
401 CPU is then ~85% which is high but still OK if you're not compiling  
the kernel at the same time ;-), but you can do really better with TV  
cards with Hardware encoding.
At least for me it works really as expected, and it was really cheaper  
than the intel solution.
Bye
Manu