[mythtv-users] hd-pvr playback plans - sanity check

[Mike Schiller]

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:01 AM, Ron Garrison <ron.garrison at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Mike Schiller
> <mdschiller.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have an older frontend box that I would like to upgrade so that it
>> could playback recordings from my HD-PVR. The processor is an Athlon
>> 64 2800+ running at 1.8 GHz, and the motherboard has a PCIE x16 (it's
>> not a PCIE 2 motherboard).
>>
>> From what I've read in a few threads, including this one
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/407875 , I think I
>> should be able to get good HD playback of the recordings if I upgrade
>> my video card to:
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187034
>>
>> But, as my processor is pretty old, and rather underpowered, I'm
>> looking for feedback from the community to see if anyone has had
>> success with similar hardware.
>>
>
> Since my old hardware was AGP I went ahead and updated my MB to an i5,
> so I can't comment from that side.  What I will tell you is I ordered
> this:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125274
>
> and playback from my HD-PVR has been smooth.  OSD is smooth.  When I'm
> playing back an HD-PVR recording (720P) it uses about 2% of one of my
> i5 cores.  When I playback an HD recording from my Air2PC HD card, it
> uses about 20% of one of my cores (as mpeg2 hardware excelleration is
> only partial whereas H.264 is full).
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Ron,

Thanks for that info -- it's a big help.

Can anyone comment on a similar setup with an older mobo/cpu?

Thanks