[mythtv-users] High-Definition Playback performance data

[Joe Barnhart]

--- Brad Templeton <brad+myth at templetons.com> wrote:

> We should try to build a list of all the things that
> can go wrong in
> making HD work smoothly.  There are many.
> 
> They include:
> 
>     
>     a) Right drivers for card with your kernel
>     b) Proper AGP bus speed and AGP interface driver
> in use
>     c) Proper user of openGL sync for retrace
>     d) Proper settings for deinterlace and, if used,
> xvmc
>     e) Proper sound settings and handling of 5.1
> sound and multiple streams
>     f) Real time scheduling of playback thread
>     g) Making sure disk or network speed is adequate
>     h) Nothing else sucking up CPU on the machine
>     
> And of course having the right cards and memory
> itself.

To this list you may want to add CPU architecture.  As
much as I love my Athlons, I never got good HDTV
performance until I switched my Myth box to a P4 w/HT.



		
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