On 1/24/06, Jerry Rubinow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I playback an HD resolution file, I get stuttering, pick a codec, any > codec. > > If I play it back with mplayer (-vo xv -vc ffmpeg12), also stuttering. > If I play it back with mplayer (-vo xvmc -vc ffmpeg12mc), plays back > pretty much ok. > > In all cases, myth and mplayer, CPU is between 20% and 50% (this is on > a combined front/backend, P4 2.8 Pundit, with onboard VGA disabled, > using a PCI FX5200). > > The fact that I can playback the file in mplayer with xvmc, tells me > it's not a disk issue, and the fact that mplayer cannot play it back > smoothly with xv tells me it's probably not a myth issue. > > Is it a bandwidth problem in the video card or the bus? Some BIOS > setting incorrect? Does anyone have any suggestions for how to narrow > it down and tell for sure where the problem might be? > > Is anyone using an original (sis-based) Pundit for HD playback successfully? > > Thanks. > > -Jerry
I have never tried it myself, but I remember a discussion about a year ago which came to the conclusion that a PCI based video card did not have enough bandwidth for HD. John _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users