[mythtv-users] HDTV and EPIA Nehemiah

Michael Haan michael.haan at gmail.com
Fri Nov 18 15:18:02 EST 2005


I'm thinking about trying it, but I want to be reasonably sure it'll work
before I start buying equipment. Any reason why I couldn't build myth with
HW on this linux variant (I believe it derives from gentoo, which I've used
before: http://www.epios.net

On 11/18/05, Bryan Halter <bhalter at armyofpenguins.com> wrote:
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> R. Geoffrey Newbury wrote:
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> On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:33:34 +1300 (NZDT), Robin Gilks wrote:
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>    Is anyone aware whether the EPIA Nehemiah boards with the CLE266 MPEG2/4
> decoders are capable of serving as a viable HDTV frontend, either now, or
> in
> the near future?
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>  With a CLE266 no, with a CN400 (e.g. SP13000) very likely yes. Only the
> CN400 has mpeg4 decode capability anyway (apparently).
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> Are you sure about that? And if so, using what software drivers...
> I have an SP130000. I did not think that I could 'do' HDTV with it.
> I do have an HD3000 card, but I was not intending to attempt actual HDTV
> output to screen.
>
> Geoff
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> If you're going to try it you would need the unichrome drivers.  I was wondering about this myself and would love to hear an update onces someone tries it.
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