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Fri Jan 20 20:58:57 UTC 2006


best.  I'd like to hear more confirmation on that before I go drop $40 on
one, though.


On 1/20/06, Frank Lynch <frank.lynch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
> I' running myth on an AMD Athalon 3000 XP with an nvidia GeForce MX
> 4000 card (which only has 64MB of RAM). I can playback most HD streams
> with simple xv accelaration enabled (without XvMC), but 1080i streams
> stutter.
>
> When I enable XvMC I cannot even playback 720p streams, it stutters
> like crazy. My system also uses way more cpu cycles when XvMC is
> enabled.  I believe that I have the correct nvidia drivers installed
> (7667), I get an nvidia logo when X starts, and my on screen display
> is black & white (as it should be) when XvMC is enabled. I've tried
> playing with HD ringbuffer sizes, but that didn't make any significant
> difference.
>
> At this point my guess is that my cheap MX4000 isn't up to the job, so
> I'm thinking about getting a new graphics card. I'm looking to get a
> graphics card that will allow me to playback 1080i streams with my
> current cpu and motherboard. From what I've read that means that I
> need a card with decent XvMC support.
>
> So if cost isn't really a factor, what would be the ultimate graphics
> card for HD playback with myth?
>
> cheers,
> --Frank
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I'm in a similar situation to you, Frank, and I am looking for an answer to=
 the same question.<br>
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