[mythtv-users] Experiences with XvMC

Scott catfather at donpoo.net
Sun Jul 31 17:08:43 EDT 2005


On Jul 31, 2005, at 4:55 PM, Scott wrote:
>
>> Another thing I'm interested in is the 'Unichrome' display adapters.
>> This S3/VIA video chips do full MPEG decoding, not just the iDCT+MC
>> done with XvMC.  I don't know if it is any more/less capable with
>> things like de-interlacing.   Also, the 'Unichrome' version is
>> integrated into the motherboard, I don't know if they have the same
>> capabilities in their add-in cards.
>>
>
> I've thought about this too. Right now the investment is to high  
> for me to pick one up on the cheap to try out. As such, I think the  
> way to go would be a nice powerful CPU and a quality DVI based  
> video card. Together with existing Linux post processing software  
> in Xine (which uses stuff based on tvtime) I think the quality  
> would be as good as it gets for a HTPC.

Oh yeah, one more thing :) I thought I read that some or all of the  
unichrome chips had a limitation on video out where they could not  
output 1280x720 (720p) video or above. Obviously this is a problem if  
you're trying to hook your unichrome based board to a HDTV that wants  
to accept either 720p or 1080i input sources.

I went looking for where I might have read this can couldn't find it.  
Take this with a grain of salt and consider it something to follow up  
on before purchasing a unichrome based board for use with HDTV displays.

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Scott <catfather at donpoo.net>
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