[mythtv-users] playback profiles... help.

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/18/2008 03:37 PM, Sarah Hayes wrote:
> Yes, I'm being an idiot and whilst I REALLY like 0.21 I'm trying to 
> understand the default playback profiles. I get what they're doing.
>
> The defaults seem to be: Slim, CPU+, CPU++, High Quality, CPU--, 
> Normal.   I'm assuming these are the pre-defined ones but it could be 
> something chucked in to Gentoo... if it is I'll go ask in their forums :)
>
> I'd guess High Quality is "best of the best" with all the goodies turned 
> on, but I'm having a hard time with the others, especially the ones that 
> make mention of ivtv, which I thought was for driving a PVR card?  I get 
> the resolution checking and differing rendering engines bit, I'm just 
> wonder what the intended use is and what sort of proc/speed's fit in to 
> those defaults... is a C3 a 'cpu+' or a 'cpu--' or indeed a 'slim' sort 
> of thing.
>   

Slim is basically what 0.20 did.  There's no shame in choosing 
Slim--regardless of how uber-great your hardware is.  I'm using 
something very similar to it with my frontend--which is, by far, the 
most powerful computer I own.

> Any one with advice welcome.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/323894#323894 
(Actually contains advice--as well as a request for help.)

Mike