[mythtv-users] required XvMC?

[David Watkins]

On 22/10/05, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> Derek Meek wrote:
>
> >Dan Brow wrote:
> >
> >>Do you really need XvMC for most systems? I'm building a few myth boxes

If you're using a hardware based capture card ( PVR x50 or dvb-x) and
outputting at standard definition then you probably don't need XvMC
for any processor above 1GHz.

I'm using two nova-t cards and a Geforce MX440 and can happily record
from both cards and watch a recording on my AMD XP1400 (1.05GHZ
clock).

Software encoding and HD output obviously leave less spare CPU power
so are more likely to require XvMC, but I've no experience of these.