MythTV hw question
Derek Atkins
warlord at MIT.EDU
Fri Nov 10 11:16:00 EST 2006
"Thomas Charron" <twaffle at gmail.com> writes:
> On 11/10/06, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Dave Johnson <dave-gnhlug at davej.org> writes:
>
> > That's probably fine for a backend, but may be a bit slow for decoding
> > for the frontend. I've noticed cpu power requirements for playing
> > are perportional to the bitrate of the MPEG2 so you can always crank
> > down the bitrate setting when recording to find what it can handle.
> But wouldn't the 350 be able to handle that decoding for me? That's
> why I was thinking of getting that card, it can do both.
>
> Correct. Either that or one of the Via EPIA boards can use hardware
> decoding.
Are the Via EPIA boards powerful enough to decode 720p and 1080i,
deinterlace (as necessary) and scale to output a 1080p signal? If so,
what EPIA board? If not.... What do you recommend instead?
-derek
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