[mythtv-users] Has anyone tried the Nvidia 1.0-8762 driver?

[Allan Wilson]

On 5/23/06, Paul Bender <pebender at san.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Ernie Lim wrote:
>
> > Have you been able to play HD content successfully at all with your 6150
> > based mobo??
>
> Yes. I have a MythTV frontend using an ASUS A8N-VM CSM motherboard with
> an AMD Athlon64 3200+ running MiniMyth. HD plays fine using both MythTV
> and Xine.
>
> HD plays fine under both MythTV and Xine using Xv. Using MythTV and Xv,
> it uses between 50% and 60% of the CPU.
>
> XvMC is a different story. HD plays fine under MythTV using XvMC when
> the video is clean, but locks up sometimes when the video is not clean.
> In addition, I have problems with XvMC under Xine. As a result of these
> problems, I use Xv rather than XvMC.
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I just installed the new driver and for the first time I am able to play HD
content in mythfrontend with no audio/video problems. I still cannot get
XvMC to work but I have a good enough processor so that it still plays fine
with room left over.

Allan
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