[mythtv-users] Can't Do HD ATSC Playback

[Phil Bridges]

On 4/25/07, Robert Current <robert.current at gmail.com> wrote:
> Alex, thanks!  That did help me understand a bit more, I'll read up on XvMC.
>
> On 4/25/07, Alex Halovanic <halovanic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Robert, the processor on yours is *far* too low-end to play back a
> > full HD-sized video without some sort of hardware assistance like
> > XvMC.
>
> I figured..  I've been wanting to try MythTV for years, and the only
> way I got around to doing it was with this "hand me down" PC.  I can't
> complain about it too much considering the price...
>
> >  If you don't want to get a new motherboard+processor,
> > then you may have good luck with a 5xxx series Nvidia card, which are
> > pretty much the low end of the video card market now.
>
> Cool, that's exactly what I was hoping to find out.  I've been eyeing
> this card, think it might allow me to playback OTA HD?
> http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=NA-5200-128MB-TV
>
> If so, and if I used the S-Video out, would MythTV scale the OTA HD
> recordings down to a letter-boxed image on a regular TV (if I wanted
> to use a TV instead of my monitor)?
>
> Rob C.

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