[mythtv-users] NVidia 5200 independent output capability?

Mitch Gore mitchell.gore at gmail.com
Fri Jan 11 04:02:06 UTC 2008


On Jan 10, 2008 9:34 PM, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:

> On Jan 10, 2008, at 6:53 PM, Tim G wrote:
>
> > I'm preparing to build my first MythTV box, which will be used
> > primarily for HD programs. I'm looking to purchase an NVidia 5200
> > based video output card such as the Gigabyte GV-N52128DS (due to the
> > B/W OSD issue with xvmc - only 4000 and 5000 series NVidia cards
> > support the workaround).
>
> If you choose a relatively recent processor, you can go with a more
> recent video card and avoid any XVMC issues which seem to plague this
> list.
> For an idea of what kind of processor you need to play back HD without
> XVMC you can look at the chart on this page:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/XvMC
>
> Getting rid of XVMC was one of the best things I did to my myth box. :)
>
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Yea you can run both.  I did when i used XvMC and when i dont.

Mitchell
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