On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 09:50:02PM -0400, Mike Robinson wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > >Just curious: why not amd64? I'm running it on my Athlon64 3800+. The > >_only_ thing I need 32-bit for is adobe flashplayer, for which I run a > >chroot for the browser. That problem is fixed in Lenny/Sid but I didn't > >want to go that route. After having done it, setting up the chroot was > >rather simple and schroot makes running it a breeze. > > Can the binary nVidia video driver still be used in the 64-bit > distribution? If > so, I may try the amd64 route. The only thing I'd have to investigate is > if there > are any issues compiling MythTV for 64-bit.
I'm using the nVidia pre-packaged debian stuff (its pre-built for Etch, as opposed to needing m-a for Sid). I have the kernel meta-package and the nvidia-kernel meta-packages installed so when one is updated, so is the other. I get a much clearer picture and less CPU usage when watching DVDs full-screen, deinterlaced blend with the nvidia driver. I haven't tried MythTV since I only get three channels of poor quality. I use VLC for watching DVDs and listening to audio streams (e.g. CBC radio archives). Ensure that you have debian-multimedia in your sources.list. Note that I see lots of mythtv packages in aptitude. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
