[mythtv-users] Problem with playback

kim Gross kgross at jensalt.com
Fri Dec 28 23:30:34 UTC 2007


Gabe Rubin wrote:
> On Dec 28, 2007 2:37 PM, kim Gross <kgross at jensalt.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> The Motherboard is an Aopen s760gxm with the SIS 760 gx chipset.  The
>> board has onboard SIS video, but I have an fx5200 card installed.  The
>> processor is a Semeron 3000.  I am thinking about upgradeing to a athlon
>> 64 3200, but I'm not sure if it would be enough faster to be worth it.
>>     
>
> Is the card in an AGP, PCI or some other slot?  If PCI, maybe you are
> having interrupt issues or something.  I would think the sempron would
> be fast enough, but the 3200 should definitely do it.  I think I have
> a Sempron 3200, but not 100% certain.  Again, I can playback HD
> content (although not with the latest nVidia driver), but when I try
> to watch it live, it is not as reliable (the funny thing is, if I
> record, and then playback from the recordings, while it is still
> recording, that seems less problematic).
>
>   
The video card is AGP.

Processor upgrades.  The motherboard is a socket 754 so I am limited, no 
x2's.  An A64 3200 is ok in price, but to go much above that I would be 
better off getting a new AM2 motherboard with an X2 processor



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