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<blockquote data-quote="burbam" data-source="post: 16547" data-attributes="member: 13381">...and a Dvico FusionHDTV DVB-T Plus.Just viewing SDTV at the moment in a window :<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">FusionHDTV (and codec) that comes with the card uses ~ 50%. 
DNTV Live! using Intervideo codecs from WinDVD 7 ~ 20-30% 
Media Portal standing around doing nothing but looking pretty ~ 20% 
Media Portal with Intervideo (Overlay) ~ 40-50%</li>
</ul>I don't understand how MediaPortal is put together, but I was surprised to see it consume 20% CPU when it's just sitting there (was just at the MyTV screen with the TV off).&nbsp; Thought it would idle along, which of course it does with anyone running a regular AMD/Intel HTPC, but these little EPIAs are a different story.Not surprisingly, if I disable DxVA, poor little CPU works hard (100%), and the display gets the stutters.I look forward to 0.1.3.x to see if the bright lads have found some performance improvements.But anyway, that's SDTV sorted for me, next is to see if I can get MPEG4 to use the EPIA's hardware.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="burbam, post: 16547, member: 13381"] ...and a Dvico FusionHDTV DVB-T Plus. Just viewing SDTV at the moment in a window : [list]FusionHDTV (and codec) that comes with the card uses ~ 50%. DNTV Live! using Intervideo codecs from WinDVD 7 ~ 20-30% Media Portal standing around doing nothing but looking pretty ~ 20% Media Portal with Intervideo (Overlay) ~ 40-50%[/list] I don't understand how MediaPortal is put together, but I was surprised to see it consume 20% CPU when it's just sitting there (was just at the MyTV screen with the TV off). Thought it would idle along, which of course it does with anyone running a regular AMD/Intel HTPC, but these little EPIAs are a different story. Not surprisingly, if I disable DxVA, poor little CPU works hard (100%), and the display gets the stutters. I look forward to 0.1.3.x to see if the bright lads have found some performance improvements. But anyway, that's SDTV sorted for me, next is to see if I can get MPEG4 to use the EPIA's hardware. [/QUOTE]

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