[mythtv-users] nvidia help

[Joseph Fry]

>>> i built and itx frontend with: foxconn 1155 socket board, celeron ivy
>>> bridge dual processor 2.6 ghz, nvidia 610 card. 2 gig ram system. 1 gig ram
>>> on card.
>>>
>>> using mythbuntu; all updates; and at the moment 325 nvidia driver, i am
>>> disappointed with vdpau playback. the vdpau is working only uses about 5 per
>>> cent of cpu. i am using high quality profile with 2x temporal and it is
>>> choppy in action scenes.
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>> The GT610 is a pretty low end card, lower performing than even the old
>> recommended minimum, a GT220.  It's possible you simply don't have enough
>> grunt to manage that deinterlacer on HD content.
>
> thanks, yes that is probably it. would a gt430 improve things ?. i had read
> a prior thread here that said the 610 could nearly do advanced 2x, so i
> thought even without the advanced 2x it would be sufficient for fairly
> smooth playback. the files from my hdpvr play mostly acceptable, those are a
> slightly lower bit rate. was hoping i was missing something that would
> improve things. i am on .27 playing to a samsung 40 inch display a couple of
> years old, d630. i had to do a lot of tweaking to get xbmc to play smoothly,
> but now it is smooth on hd content.

You could replace the card... or just not use Advanced 2X and try one
of the other deinterlacers, many people use Nvidia cards that don't
support Advanced 2x quite happily.