[mythtv-users] Motherboard with AMD 690G / ATI Radeon x1250 - any good for mythtv?

[Barry Quiel]

I have gotten Xv to work with my ATI Radeon 9600 and using the ATI 
proprietary driver.  It reduced CPU utilization when watching SDTV from 
60% to 15%.

It may be different because this is an integrated video card, but it 
should still work.

Shawn Rutledge wrote:
> I also have the Biostar ta690g, and I can't even get the Xv extension,
> let alone XvMC.  The xorg log actually says Xv is not supported on
> AVIVO chipsets.  They make a big deal marketing wise about being
> focused on video and then don't support Xv in the driver... go
> figure...
> 
> If anybody has succeeded in getting Xv, I would be extremely glad to
> hear how, otherwise I'm going to have to do the same thing - get
> another video card and hope the drivers catch up to support Xv on the
> ATI "some day".  (And hopefully if I disable the onboard video in the
> BIOS it won't take much power.  Hate to have it sitting there getting
> hot for nothing.)  I also have a 4600+ on that board which ought to be
> fast enough to do without XvMC.  (This is the third system which I've
> built with intentions to get MythTV working, and still no HD...
> sigh...)
> 
> On 7/25/07, Todd Hutchinson <tahutchinson_99 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I bought a biostar ta690g, which has the x1250 video.  In the end, I was completely disappointed with the video quality.  It stuttered and was, in my view, not practically usable.  I ended up buying a $35 nvidia FX7300 card, and added it to the motherboard.  It's nearly perfect now.
>>
>> So, I'd say, don't waste your money and valuable time with the radeon x1250 video at this point.  Go with nvidia.
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