Le jeudi 13 octobre 2005 ? 07:53 +0200, Stefan Taferner a ?crit : > > I'am almost certain, that no matter how much cpu power you have, there will > > always be audio/video glitches with software decoding under certain > > circumstances - high i/o-load, other processes running etc. > > (a friend of mine has such a ultra-mega-high-end-system running XP but > > didn't hear and bought just a budget card - he must run the system > > completly unloaded to be able to watch TV, otherwise all sorts of glitches > > apear) > > Windows' scheduling is not the best.... > > I have an Athlon-64 3200+ here and can watch normal tv while the system is > completely loaded (playing my favorite online game) without problems. Under > Linux, and the tv window is 300x200 small in this case. With a budget card of > course (this is my test setup). > > But I agree, I would not recommend a budget-only solution for a "production" > system. Then again you could put your budget card in a hush (or if you live in France in one of my Epia-M machines) and you can watch TV, record several others on the same transponder _AND_ have spamassassin filter your incoming mail without a dropped frame... Spamassassin without HW acceleration on the Epia will use all CPU cycles and cause dropped frames - I have tried. So yes, a budget card can be a production system, in the right MB. [off topic]: the new iMac really needs VDR and a "watch TV" button in Front Row... Tony -- Tony Grant www.tgds.net - vente d'ordinateurs mini-itx en ligne
