[mythtv-users] Accuracy of HDTV processor requirements statement in HOWTO

[Len Reed]

Lee Nash wrote:
> Quoting Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com>:
> 
> 
>>On 2/7/06, Ray Lischner <linux at tempest-sw.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tuesday 07 February 2006 01:25 pm, Robert Kulagowski wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I'm looking for feedback from people that are running HDTV with
>>>>lower-end processors
>>>
>>>I've got an Athlon XP 1800 with an FX 5200 (nvidia driver 7676); using
>>>XvMC, I can play 1080i with no performance problems at all.
>>
>>thats awesome. time to order two FX5200 AGP cards...
>>
>>--
>>Steve
> 
> 
> I'm pushing HD through a Duron 1.8 with a FX5200 (7676 w/ no XvMC).  This is a
> frontend only and it comes close to pegging the cpu @1080i on some content.
> Every now and then, I get "prebuffering pause" messages if the content gets
> really busy.  I've currently got an issue with my XvMC install, once that is
> resolved, I hope to have a few more free cpu cycles :)
> 
> I was having sound problems during playback, but that got resolved during a
> recent svn change (Daniel commited a change to help the cpu challenged).
> Sound is on sync and crackle free.

What modeline are you using for these cards?  I've not been able to get 
1080i working.

Len