[mythtv-users] HD playback without XvMC

[Mark Lehrer]

> I'm going to build a new frontend soon, specifically for HD playback.
> While XvMC works, it still seems to have its share of problems and I'm
> wondering what it would take to not deal with it.  Is anyone able to
> play 1080i HD without using XvMC?  If so, what CPU adn GPU are you
> using, and how well does it work at various timestretch settings?

After spending WAY too much time trying to make my old cpus work, I
finally got a 3800 x2 over the weekend - and this is the first time
I have had perfect 1080i playback (2x deinterlaced & scaled to 720p).
I had a P4 3.2 and an Athlon 3500+ before, and neither could keep up
unless I used one of the inferior deinterlacing methods like Discard
or Blend.

As it turned out, Xorg and vlc (my preferred playback utility) were
each trying to use as much CPU as possible, so the dual core makes
all the difference.

Mark