[mythtv-users] New hardware coming

[Ian Lowis]

> I'm sure all of you are tired of the what kind of hardware should I get
> questions.  This isn't one of those.. sort of.
> 
> I have an existing mythbox that was a proof of concept build with some
> decent hardware I had around.  Now that I find myself buying parts to
> build out my proof of concept box ( QAM tuner card, 2 1TB HDD etc ), I'm
> going to build a box from the ground up to serve as combo FE-BE and also
> do some other things ( AMANDA backup server, serve other web content
> besides mythweb etc ).  But thats not really my question.
> 
> My question is about the vid brach and the openGL rendering.  Does it
> use openGL to render everything including video playback?
> 
> If so has anyone tested with an ATI card and the proprietary driver
> which supports OpenGL acceleration but not XVmc?
> 
> The only question on my new build is ATI vs. NVIDIA.  The reason I ask
> is because I seem to recall a post about XVmc not being supported on
> some of the newer NVIDIA cards.  I don't remember if it was a change in
> the driver or a change in the hardware.  Or I could just be plain wrong
> all together.
> 

Vid branch is in trunk.

I'm currently using SVN trunk 15250 with OpenGL rendering with yadif 2X
de-interlacer with an AGP Nvidia 7600gs.

Results so far are very good.

Cant comment about ATI , or Xmvc ATMIT


Regards

Ian  

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