[mythtv-users] Coming Soon: EPIA M-10000

Robert Middleswarth robert at middleswarth.net
Fri Feb 7 04:44:44 UTC 2003


Depends if the MPG4 is Both a Encoder and Decorder at the same time.  If 
not then Myth would kill a 266 in about 30 Seconds in live TV Mode.

Robert

Brent Norris wrote:

>I know this sounds a lot like the whole "mythtv on the xbox/ps2" thread,
>but if this box really does have an onboard mpeg4 decoder, it would seem
>that 266 might be acceptable for a frontend.  Of course that would
>depend on Linux drivers, and mythtv using the decoder, but in that
>situation won't most of the work be done in the decoder and not in the
>CPU?
>
>On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 17:58, Micah Morton wrote:
>  
>
>>What I would really like to see from EPIA is a MPEG4 decoder onboard with
>>linux support... there is a 266mhz version of epia (Mbox) that does have
>>it, but 266?!?  Geeze! That'd suck.. Anyways, VIA says that everything
>>should be fully supported in linux - which makes me think they are working
>>on it a lot.. Gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.
>>
>>--Micah Morton
>>--Linux Network Test Engineer
>>--Intel Corp
>>    
>>




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