On 1/16/06, Adam Propeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you using an Nvidia card? I've got a Sempton 3100, and I know that I > couldn't for the life of me, play 1080i or 720p with the Sempron and an ATI > card. > > > On 1/17/06, Chad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 1/16/06, Adam Propeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Steve... I'm assuming that you mean you can play HDTV with one of those > > > processors and an Nvidia card correct? :-P I still couldn't get my ATI > to > > > play HD worth a hoot, and went out and purchased a cheap Nvidia 6200OC > > > tonight. I've gotten HD to play back fairly smoothly now, but have a bit > of > > > playing to get done. > > > > > > On 1/6/06, Steve Adeff < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Friday 06 January 2006 00:05, Jerry Rubinow wrote: > > > > > On 1/5/06, Jerry Rubinow <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > On 1/5/06, Joseph A. Caputo < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Thursday 05 January 2006 1:21, Jerry Rubinow wrote: > > > > > > > > When using XvMC to play back video, CPU usage is low (30% for > HD, > > > 10% > > > > > > > > for SD), but the video plays back slower than realtime. I'm > using > > > an > > > > > > > > Nvidia 5200 card, with driver version 7667 (although I've > tried > > > every > > > > > > > > version up to the current 8XXX). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there anything I should check? Anything obviously wrong > from > > > the > > > > > > > > following details? Or is this the XvMC slowdown I've read > about? > > > > > > > > What are my options for fixing this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I could be way off base on this, but something in my memory is > > > nagging > > > > > > > me... something about maybe Nvidia's XvMC not > supporting/performing > > > > > > > well at certain resolutions? Have you tried changing your > > > horizontal > > > > > > > resolution to something smaller, like 1024? > > > > > > > > > > > > No, but that's a good suggestion - I'll try it tonight. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > No luck. I tried setting both X and the GUI setup in myth to > 800x600 > > > > > and it's still slow playing HD. Not stuttering, just slower than > real > > > > > time. I didn't mention before, but I'm using pretty much a straight > > > > > following of Jarod's guide with FC4, 2.6.14, on a P4 2.8. > > > > > > > > > > I'm so close to having beautiful HD playback, can anybody suggest > things > > > to > > > > > try? > > > > > > > > poney up for a faster processor? I know its prbly not an optioin, but > with > > > a > > > > 3.0 or 3.2GHz cpu you'll be able to play back HD without XvMC. > > > > Does OpenGL sync work with XvMC? I dunno, but might be worth a try. > Also, > > > try > > > > disabling any deinterlacing? Oh, what about audio buffering options, > have > > > you > > > > played with those? > > > > Also, don't forget you have to restart mythfrontend everytime you make > one > > > of > > > > these changes. minor bug... > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Hopefully getting the Nvidia will do it. > > > > I've got a modest Athlon XP 2500 powering my rig, but the XvMC offset > > from my FX 5200 takes the load down to ~45% when playing back a 1080i > > stream (720p is somewhere is the 50% range, though I don't know if > > that's just what top decided to throw up and there is no difference). > > So I would assume a decent P4 (2.4ish) should work just fine. > > Something less should work well too, but a 2.4 would give you enough > > overhead for realtime comm flagging as well. > > > > Not sure why the above poster had to increase the ring-buffer size, > > this has never been something I've had to tamper with to get my HD > > working well, but I'm glad no less :) > > > > Chad > > _______________________________________________
If you are talking to me, no, I've got an Nvidia FX 5200. Chad _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
