MythTV hw question

[Derek Atkins]

They don't specify the VGA output resolution, and I can't seem to
find that specification anywhere.  I even downloaded their PDF
Manual and that info isn't in it.

-derek

"Thomas Charron" <twaffle at gmail.com> writes:

> 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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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available