[mythtvnz] HD Video jerky...

[Graeme Woollett]

On 13/08/11 16:58, Steve Hodge wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 15:43, Worik Stanton <worik.stanton at gmail.com 
> <mailto: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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Get a PCI-E M/B with Core2Duo or AMD AM3 X2 with a GT220 or better GPU.
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