[mythtv-users] Time to take the next step...

[Jonny B]

> As noted, you are not in fact going to be able to play back actual
> 720p or 1080i MythTV recordings with your existing MythTV box,
> regardless of whether you take the backend load off it. A Pentium 4
> 3.0 GHz is the minimum.

This is incorrect. I am doing it just fine (uncompressed ATSC
recordings from all major networks) with a 2.8ghz P4 and a GeForce
4400MX.

>> Why, pray tell, would I not want to run XvMC?
>
> More or less broken for most people with high-definition recordings.

As I understand it, works fine with all but newer nvidia cards.
Different driver versions support it better than others as well.