[mythtv-users] What do I have to do to get HD working?

[Kevin Kuphal]

John P Poet wrote:
> I have successfully used a P4 2.8GHz HT processor for HD without any
> problems.  It is fast enough for either Kernel or BOB deinterlacing. 
> For sound I was using an old SB Live! card.
>
> If a HT 3.2GHz P4 was not fast enough, then you had something else wrong.
>
> For instance, if you are using an nVidia video card, make sure that the
>
> Option "NvAGP"
>
> is set correclty.  If I had it set wrong for my motherboard, playback
> stuttered badly.
>
> Running a SMP kernel with the HyperThreaded P4 was a big win.  If I
> tried running a non-SMP kernel, it did not fair as well.
>
> Compiling Myth with --enable-proc-opt helps a great deal.
>
> The 2.8GHz processor was *not* fast enough to flag commericals, record
> and watch all at the same time.  It was also not fast enough to watch
> at greater than 1.0x normal speed.
>
> I have recently upgraded to a dual core so I can playback HD material
> at greater than 1.0x normal speed.
>   
Alright, let's take this approach.  What motherboard, memory, and video 
card combination where you using with this 3.2Ghz HT?

Kevin