[mythtv-users] Problem with playback

[Mike Perkins]

kim Gross wrote:
> kim Gross wrote:
>> Gabe Rubin wrote:
>>   
>>> On Dec 28, 2007 1:42 PM, kim Gross <kgross at jensalt.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>> I sure wish I knew.  What information would help in the
>>>> troubleshooting?  I have always though that it should not have any
>>>> problems playing ripped DVD's (or off of the disk directly), but it
>>>> always has.  When I get home I will get a list of the hardware and see
>>>> if anybody notices any problems.
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>> Let us also know what the chipset is on your motherboard.  But if the
>>> problem goes away with legacy drivers (including dvd playback), sounds
>>> like an nVidia issue.
>>>
>>> I too had problems playing back dvds, but when I replaced my DVD
>>> recorder, those seemed to go away (flaky old dvd burner was the
>>> culprit I believe).
>>>     
> 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.
> 
There are known problems with the SiS 760 chipset. I bought two Foxconn 
760GXK8MB motherboards a long while ago to build two identical systems, one 
running W2K, the other running Linux. The Windows box performs flawlessly, go 
figure. I had no end of trouble getting Linux to work at all satisfactorily on 
the other box. There are DMA problems and graphics problems. I dug around on 
Google looking for answers without success.

The DMA problems mean that you can't even really use the board for a server, 
certainly not a Myth server. Put it in a box for the children to use, or put it 
on the shelf. Write it off to experience. There are other more superior 
motherboards around which Myth will make much better use of.

Mike Perkins