[mythtv-users] S-Video Output PVR250 or PVR350???

[Niklas Brunlid]

On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 08:27:24 -0500, J. Donavan Stanley 
<jdonavan at jdonavan.net> wrote:

> Niklas Brunlid wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 21:10:50 -0500, John Kuhn <kuhn at razorsys.com> wrote:
>>
>>> it surely doesnt hurt to have both.. the 350 is superior quality and
>>> lower overhead for decoding (since it will be then using the onboard
>>> decoder) but its uses a rather slow frame buffer.. playing
>>> dvds/divx/games elese is rather slow and jerky..
>>
>>
>> I've read this a couple of times now, and in my case it just isn't
>> true - I watch DVD:s (through Xine) and video files (through mplayer)
>> on my 350 often, and the framebuffer is definately fast enough. I get
>> some tearing, particularly (sp?) in slow-panning scenes and action
>> sequences, but I suspect that it isn't speed but rather framesynching
>> that's the issue.
>
>
> How big is your CPU and how much of it is in use when you do so?

My CPU is a 2.4GHz P4 in a Pundit box. When playing a normal DVD-rip 
(xvid) mplayer tops out at around 14-15%, coupled with an X usage of 3-4%. 
Together around 20%.

I run Gentoo on a 2.6.4 kernel with Mathias' ivtv X driver for 2.6 
(version 0.1.9 with some patches IIRC). This might be the key to my 
success with DVDs/video files.

No lockups or lost recordings if the box is left alone, and the only 
lockups I've got are when fast-forwarding or rewinding when watching a 
recording (hard freeze that requires a reboot), though I think I've 
learned to avoid it by not pressing ffwd/rew again until the actual 
playback has restarted after the last press.

/ Niklas

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