Support for VIA EPIA SP?

[Alun_B]

I have the same codec. When I activate that tag, my cpu goes from about 50% to about 90% (during playback), and starts stuttering... so much for "acceleration"... it makes my cpu accelerate, but that's not what I thought it should do ;-)

Really?? That's weird. I had read of other people having problems with hardware acceleration on Via boards, but I've never heard of it making things worse!!! Have you tried getting your hands on an older version of the codec?? I have a vague memory of reading where someone tried it and it worked for them. Might be worth a try.

When I tried using cyberlink as audio renderer with the cyberlink as video renderer, gbpvr hangs on every file... So I use the intervideo audio renderer =)

My PVR never hung completely, it would stutter and the cpu usage would shoot up to 100% (which I guess caused the stuttering upon playback).

I get that too, not too often, though. There have been numerous suggestions here on the board. Try a search for "sync" "synch" or "synchronization". That should give you a few to start with. The thing that I have found helps me the most is to keep the drive defragmented at all times.

Thanks. I'll search around a little and see what I can come up with.

I have to say, I've never encountered as many strange quirks with computers as I have while trying to set up a PVR. It should be an easy task, but it has been a constant fight to get the drivers, hardware components, the operating system and other software to work together. I'm 90% finished, I think, at the moment. Still a few relatively minor problems to fix before I can unleash it on my family though!!

So far, it's been interesting!!