[mythtv-users] sAGA cONTINUES

[Brian Wood]

chris at idlelion.net wrote:
> To recap: I took Windows off my machine and installed Fedora 7 and MythTV. 
> Of course, the MyHD MDP-120 doesn't work in Linux, so I bought (1) an 
> Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-950.
> 
> Capture seems to work, but I can't watch HDTV. Video card is GeForce 3Ti 
> 200, so I bought (2) GeForce 6200, which may have turned out to be a 
> mistake, since I still can't watch HDTV.
> 
> Seems the CPU is too slow to make up for the lack of hardware-assisted 
> MPEG playback. I upgraded my 1.7GHz CPU to (3) a 2.53GHz Pentium 4. I 
> still can't watch HDTV. I overclocked to 2.77GHz. Better, but not quite.
> 
> But now, I think something's amiss. xvinfo says my display isn't detected, 
> even though 3D games do work.
> 
> A pointer to info on how to ensure xvcd is working properly would be most 
> appreciated, or information on a cheap hardware assist for MPEG2 video 
> playback (GeForce 4MX perhaps?) greatly appreciated. And I might be 
> selling a nearly-new 6200 AGP card soon.

The 6200 should work fine. With that CPU you should not have problems
with HD, certainly not with XvMC. The setup you describe is a very
common one.

Are you using the nVidia proprietary video drivers drivers? Without them
HD is pretty much a lost cause, and XvMC will not work without them.

beww