[mythtv-users] 0.19, XvMC, and Prebuffer pause

[Jesse Guardiani]

Brad Fuller wrote:
> Jesse Guardiani wrote:
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>>> ...as I was saying, I have yet to find someone using XvMC without any
>>> problems.
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>> I have full color OSD, no OSD stutter, and no prebuffering pauses unless 
>> I'm watching LiveTV.
>> The LiveTV pauses aren't bad enough that my wife cares. They're barely 
>> noticeable. It annoys *me*
>> a bit, but it's really not that bad. I think it might be a hard disk 
>> issue since I'm recording and watching
>> at the same time and it doesn't happen when I'm not recording, but it 
>> could be something else.
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>> The LiveTV stopping at show boundaries is MUCH more annoying for both of us.
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>> 2.93ghz celeron D w/1GB DDR RAM and w/nvidia 5200 AGP and PVR 350 for 
>> recording mpeg-2.
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>> My new 1366x768 32" HD LCD TV arrives tomorrow, so I'm interested in 
>> seeing how the increase
>> in output screen res + need for deinterlacing affects CPU usage during 
>> playback with and without XvMC.
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>> I may add a resolution column to the xvmc wiki page.
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> I didn't see you mention an HD card. I assume you have one if your
> purchasing an HD TV.
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:) no. I'll get one sometime late this year or next year. I bought the 
LCD because I want a widescreen TV
for DVDs (yes, I know they're SD content) and I'm hoping the picture 
will be as sharp as a PC monitor
so I can use it for general computing apps, like Blender3D.

-- 
Jesse Guardiani
Programmer/Sys Admin
jesse at wingnet.net