[mythtvnz] HD Video jerky...

[Steve Hodge]

On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 15:43, Worik Stanton <worik.stanton at gmail.com>wrote:

> There does seem to be a consensus that my computer is too slow.  Ok.
>
> Also someone mentioned that I could get an Nvidea card that would handle
> the decoding.
>
> What is the best approach?  Getting a brand new box is too expensive for
> me right now so I would be buying an ex-lease or second hand.  How do I
> judge that a machine has sufficient resources?
>
> If I go the video card route where is the best place to get info about
> how to use a card and with the plethora of busses how do I make sure I
> get one that will fit in my machine?
>

What video card is in your machine now? Is it an AGP card or PCIe? If it's
PCIe then you should have no trouble getting a VDPAU capable card. If your
machine doesn't have PCIe then you need either an AGP or PCI video card and
I think you'll find it much harder to find one that's VDPAU capable.

Cheers,
Steve
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