[mythtv-users] PCI videocard GeForce 8200/8400 (gpu 98) for vdpau
Matt Roberts
matt.roberts at bigfoot.com
Mon Feb 16 14:01:42 UTC 2009
2009/2/16 Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>
>> I originally tried a G96, but it wouldn't cut it. It required too much of
the
>> host CPU. SD playback put it at ~40%. 720p and 1080i pushed it over the
>> edge. I ended up putting that one in my dekstop PC which has an AMD XP
3000+.
>
>With VDPAU, I don't see why SD playback would use more CPU if you used
>a G96 card as opposed to a G98.
All my recordings are MPEG2, either from a PVR-500 or HDHomerun.
According to
this: http://http.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-
x86/180.29/README/appendix-h.html, the G96 only provides partial acceleration
of MPEG2 streams, while a G98 provides full acceleration.
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