[mythtv-users] VIA M787 Motherboard and mythfrontend

[Gert van der Knokke]

Thomas Kaiser wrote:
> Hello members of the list
>
> I have a VIA M787 Motherboard something like this one 
> http://www.ciao.co.uk/PCCHIPS_M787CL__5411051 and I would like to use this as a 
> Mythtvfrontend.
>
> I have 512MB RAM installed.
>
> I use KnoppMyth Live CD to test if this MB is able to run as a Mythfrontend. It 
> looks not so bad, KnoppMyth is starting and plays a stream from my Myth Backend 
> box, but the picture holds all second or so for may be 200ms. Thus, not usable 
> for watching TV.
>
> Has anybody on this list any experience with this MB?
>
>   
Hi Thomas,

Try selecting the Via-XVMC decoder in the TV Playback settings, that 
should get playback up to speed. I have used a similar board in one of 
my frontends and it plays Live-TV, recorded videos and avi's without 
major problems.

Be careful not to put anything into the PCI slots (like TV, network or 
ATA cards or such) since this chipset is bugged by DMA problems. As a 
standalone frontend it is OK though.

Gert