[mythtv-users] 1080i HD without XvMC, how much horsepower?

[Steven Adeff]

On 10/4/06, Neil Dunbar <neil.dunbar at pobox.com> wrote:
> Steven Adeff wrote:
> >
> >
> > which driver? IIRC, a few releases back this was an known issue that
> > was later fixed. I hope it is, the 6150 boards would make great small
> > HD capable frontends.
> >
> > I never checked to see if moving my frontend from AGP to PCI-E made a
> > difference in CPU use, but if it did, it wasn't substantial on my
> > 3200+.
> >
> >
>
> nvidia-drivers-1.0.8762-r1 on AMD64 Gentoo. The interesting thing is
> that mythfrontend usage is stable, but only X goes bananas
> (xorg-server-1.0.2-r7). I did keep the kernel on 2.6.16, since the ivtv
> driver was giving me some hanging trouble on 2.6.17. I suppose I could
> switch back to try it out.
>
> By and large the 6150 board does the trick. I don't have HDTV, and
> except for interlacing artifacts which Onefield largely gets rid of, I
> don't have any complaints. Just Bob seems to drive the load so high.

What is the output hz for your video mode. I believe Bob also requires
an even multiple of the source (ie 30fps=30hz or 60hz), which may make
X(the video drivers really) go schizo.

-- 
Steve
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