[mythtv-users] A8N-VM CSM success

[glen martin]

Getting this thread back to that described in the subject (hint):

I took the PCIE video card out and set my video RAM to 128K per this
suggestion and it did take care of a lot of the stuttering / prebuffer
pauses. Even with my A64 3200+. So video is working well with Standard
driver and kernel deinterlacing. Doh! 

There is still the occasional prebuffer pause / stutter, when a popup
display (eg press 'i' twice) is fading out, for very high bitrate
playback (eg Survivor on HD, running around 17800 kb/s). This runs
around 85% CPU utilization, spiking to 100% as the popup is displayed.

(I haven't yet tested this against the S-video, this is displaying to a
window in a 1600x1200 desktop).

However, I still can't power off. I've got BIOS 0702, and a fixed DSDT from
 
http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/view.php?manufacturer=ASUS&name=A8N-VM+CSM
and when the system shuts down it displays "Power off" but doesn't. 
Which is a problem for a HTPC that will be operated by the kids. Do/did
you have this problem?

glen



James C. Dastrup wrote:
> My opinion on the Asus A8N-VM CSM. I just purchased it with an AMD 64 X2
> 3800+.
> I'm running Gentoo 64-bit and Myth 0.19. I was hoping to get an
> all-in-one mobo for
> a frontend, and I believe this is (or will be) it.
>
> Until the drivers get better, I'm using a PCI Turtle Beach audio card,
> and a
> PCI Realtek 8169 Gigabit NIC. I already had those, and eventually I'm
> sure I'll
> be able to ditch those once linux drivers catch up.
>
> But, the on-board video is working *GREAT* for HDTV. I mapped 128 MB to
> it in the
> BIOS (up from the default 64), and I can watch anything - without XVMC.
> The highest
> I'll see the CPU go up to is about 50% (combined cores). I'm using the
> latest
> nvidia drivers - 8756 I think. Perfect picture quality. With XVMC on, I
> get the 
> occasional prebuffering pauses during the OSD, although barely
> noticeable while
> watching, and a CPU of maybe 25%.
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