[mythtv-users] 9xxx series motherboards/VDPAU

[Phil Wild]

2009/5/13 Steve Curtis <scurtis at fixation.net>

> Hi all,
> I'm currently running mythtv which is suffering from occasional crashes of
> the frontend (both the frontend and hard crashes/reboots).  The GF is
> getting quite annoyed with it!
>
> I pretty sure its related to me switching to using an MSI 8400GS 512MB and
> the Nvidia driver.  I also started using VDPAU from JYA's repository.  I
> cant find any useful error messages anywhere, and am suspecting something
> hardware or hardware combination is at fault.
>
> With that in mind, I'd also like to move onto a motherboard using a 9xxx
> series and use VDPAU with JYA's ubuntu repository for 0.21-fixes+VDPAU.
>
> Can anyone shout any boards that they have working well with myth (on
> mythbuntu) just so I can be sure I'm starting from a solid hardware base.  I
> know the ION stuff is now emerging, I'm wondering if thats just a bit early
> to adopt at the moment, hence why I'm thinking of sticking to a beefier 9xxx
> system.
>
> Apologies for this being slight off-topic to the list, but I thought as
> there had been quite a lot of people experimenting in this area on this list
> it was a good place to ask!
>
> Thanks,
> Steve.
>
>
I am using the MSI 8400GS 512MB card with an Asus M3N78-EM motherboard
without the locking up that you are experiencing. The problem may be related
to your specific card rather than the card in general.

Sorry - not a lot of help to you though...

Phil
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