[mythtvnz] HD Video jerky...

[Worik Stanton]

The HD video I am recording from TV is jerky when I play it.

I am using a usb digital TV decoder thingy, and have a reasonably 
powerful computer.

I am wondering what the best approach is?  Can I programme MythTV to 
transcode the video to something I can watch.  I have played around with 
settings in AvideMux and it takes 10 hours to transcode an our of video, 
but the results are great.  I am sure I could do better than 10 to 1.

Shoukd I get a more powerful computer?  Wht are the minimum specs for 
playing HD video with out specialised hardware?

Is there a better video card I can get that will decode the video in 
hardware?

cheers
Worik

PS:  FWIW here is the output for one half of /proc/cpuinfo (this is 
times two for a dual core cpu). It is a Dell.

processor    : 1
vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
cpu family    : 15
model        : 4
model name    : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
stepping    : 9
cpu MHz        : 2792.812
cache size    : 1024 KB
physical id    : 0
siblings    : 2
core id        : 0
cpu cores    : 1
apicid        : 1
initial apicid    : 1
fdiv_bug    : no
hlt_bug        : no
f00f_bug    : no
coma_bug    : no
fpu        : yes
fpu_exception    : yes
cpuid level    : 5
wp        : yes
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov 
pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm 
constant_tsc pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl cid cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips    : 5585.99
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment    : 128
address sizes    : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual

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