List,<br><br>As of right now, my system seems to be too slow to handle HD. When running myth with XvMC, I get about 5 quick prebuffering pauses per second on an HD channel. Without XvMC I get much longer pauses at a bit longer of an interval (one per second or so). I'm hoping that I can just upgrade my graphics card, but I'd like to see what the list thinks first. Currently, I run:
<br><br>P4 2.23 GHz<br>512 MB RDRAM <-- ugh!<br>64 MB NVidia GeForce 4200<br><br>According to the Nvidia driver's readme, the GeForce4 Ti models' XvMC don't support "IDCT," only "motion-compensation." While I'm not sure what either of those terms mean, I believe that mine is a Ti model and am hoping that IDCT is an integral part of processing HD streams. So I'm eyeing a 256MB 5200 for under $50.
<br><br>I have been able to tune to a channel using the dvb-apps and cat a stream into a file and play it perfectly with mplayer. It seems that myth adds some overhead/optimizations that just push my PC beyond the limit.
<br><br>I have also been considering purchasing dual flat panels at 1600x1200 resolution each. Should I have any concern that a 5200 would not be able to drive such a high resolution on two screens?<br><br>What do you guys think?
<br><br>Cheers,<br>Dylan<br>