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

[Ray Lischner]

On Thursday 23 February 2006 10:09 am, James Dastrup wrote:

> My whole point of this topic is if you want to use older, slower
> hardware for HD content, XvMC is not a perfect solution. Sometimes the
> problems are minor annoyances, other times the problems are a show
> stopper. I would suggest to anyone to just buy a faster CPU instead.

"Just buy a faster CPU instead" is not a perfect solution, either. It's
expensive, much more expensive than simply buying a new video card.

To upgrade my wife's computer to play HD, she would need a new
mainboard, CPU, and RAM. Instead, I got her a decent FX5200 card for
under $50. With 0.19 and the Chromakey hack, she has color OSD, clean
HD playback, and I have not heard any complaints.
--
Ray Lischner