[mythtv-users] New hardware coming
Ian Lowis
ian.lowis at anton-group.com
Fri Dec 28 20:58:39 UTC 2007
> I'm sure all of you are tired of the what kind of hardware should I get
> questions. This isn't one of those.. sort of.
>
> I have an existing mythbox that was a proof of concept build with some
> decent hardware I had around. Now that I find myself buying parts to
> build out my proof of concept box ( QAM tuner card, 2 1TB HDD etc ), I'm
> going to build a box from the ground up to serve as combo FE-BE and also
> do some other things ( AMANDA backup server, serve other web content
> besides mythweb etc ). But thats not really my question.
>
> My question is about the vid brach and the openGL rendering. Does it
> use openGL to render everything including video playback?
>
> If so has anyone tested with an ATI card and the proprietary driver
> which supports OpenGL acceleration but not XVmc?
>
> The only question on my new build is ATI vs. NVIDIA. The reason I ask
> is because I seem to recall a post about XVmc not being supported on
> some of the newer NVIDIA cards. I don't remember if it was a change in
> the driver or a change in the hardware. Or I could just be plain wrong
> all together.
>
Vid branch is in trunk.
I'm currently using SVN trunk 15250 with OpenGL rendering with yadif 2X
de-interlacer with an AGP Nvidia 7600gs.
Results so far are very good.
Cant comment about ATI , or Xmvc ATMIT
Regards
Ian
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