On 1/27/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jerry Rubinow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 08:16 PM > > To: 'Discussion about mythtv' > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Can't get glx to load > > > > Because a Pundit motherboard only has PCI slots, and PCI doesn't seem > > to have the bandwidth for HD. I'm not sure how much lower XvMC's > > bandwidth requirements are (if at all) than non-XvMC video, but I was > > never able to get XvMC to play acceptably over the PCI. > > > > The on-board Sis, on the other hand, seems to have the bandwidth, and > > I _should_ have the CPU, but I'm not sure why it's getting maxed out. > > I compiled Myth with O3 and the processor-specific option. > > If the motherboard only has PCI slots, chances are the onboard video is PCI > based, and data to/from it travel through the PCI bus. So, I don't believe > your woes with XvMC are due to the PCI bus. > > - Ken
On the Sis web site, it sound like the onboard video is AGP: http://www.sis.com/products/sis650.htm But aside from that, I'm not doing XvMC on the onboard video. The CPU is maxed. Would that be the case if the CPU was waiting for the bus to be free? -Jerry _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
