MythTV hw question

[Thomas Charron]

http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/mini_itx/epia_en/

  They've specifically built the board above for HD signal processing, as
well as 5.1 sound.

  Thomas

On 11/10/06, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>
> "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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