[mythtv-users] HD on SDTV playback question

[Christian Burger]

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> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 12:40:35 -0500
> From: "Phil Bridges" <gravityhammer at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] HD on SDTV playback question
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> On 3/6/07, jason maxwell <decepticon at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The last box of hardware for my new box is being delivered today. I
> > couldnt find a 5 series card in PCI-e flavor, so I got a cheap MSI
> > 6200 LE. The hardware is fairly high end (AMD 64 4200+ X2,
> > 2x512Corsair DDR2 800, Epox NForce4), so hopefully I wont have to rely
> > entirely on XvMC. I appreciate everyone's feedback so far. I'm sure
> > I'll be posting my issues here. Wish me luck.
> 
> With that horsepower, you shouldn't need XvNC at all.
> 
> 

You would think that, but on my AMD 64 4200+ X2 939 w/ 2 gigs of memory if I
don't use XVMC on my Nvidia 5200 it's unwatchable.  It doesn't utilize all
the CPU but you can tell it's dropping frames.  With XVMC it's beautiful and
perfect ~ 20% cpu utilization.