[mythtv-users] Converted MCE PC to MythTV - HDTV question

[Kevin Kuphal]

Iohan Reyes wrote:
> OK, I tried XvMC, created /etc/X11/XvMCConfig and added one line:
> libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1
>
> Then went into Mythfrontend Setup/TV Settings/Playback and changed
> Preferred MPEG2 Decoder to Standard XvMC.  
>
> It helped somewhat, CPU was lower but not drastically lower, went from
> around 80-90% to around 60% utilization.  However, the stuttering is
> still there and there are a bunch of "NVP: prebuffering pause" errors in
> the logs.  I tried the suggestions in the "Tips and Tricks" section of
> the Wiki page regarding XvMC and it still didn't help.
>
> So I guess I am just out of luck and a Pentium IV 2.26ghz is just not
> fast enough for HDTV?
>   
Could be.  My Celeron 2.6ghz machine couldn't keep up by my P4 
3.whatever does fine with XvMC and can play most things without (some 
1080i content studders).

Kevin