[mythtv-users] EPIA SP8000E questions

Gordon Morehouse listbox at evernex.com
Fri Sep 30 20:51:20 UTC 2005


Lee Koloszyc wrote:

>>
>> Second, does MythTV support the CN400 MPEG-4 acceleration, and how 
>> well does it work on the SP8000E?
>
>
> From what I have read the MPEG-4 acceleration wasn't supported in the 
> Linux Drivers yet, though I could be wrong.
>
I think LinPVR may have some provisional support for it but I haven't 
gotten any answers back about it.  I'd hope that this would be 
backported soon if it hasn't been already.  :)


>> Fifth, does the SP8000E have optical SPDIF support? I've seen some 
>> conflicting posts.
>>
> It has a coaxial SPDIF connector on the board (that is also is 
> switchible to composite video out).
> It also has a connector on the board for digital out, not sure if 
> there is an opitical connector for that or not.
> I would also go for at least 512MB of memory.  My machine (PIII, 
> Gentoo) seems to use about 450MB on average.
>
> I'm also looking into the Epia's as frontends and building a heftier 
> box for backend recording/reencoding duties.
> Now if I could just find a good cheap Mini-ITX case with built-in IR 
> that plugs into the Epia board.


I'm not sure if any of the cases have built-in IR, but check idotpc.com 
-- that's where I've purchased all my Epia hardware in the past (one 
RAID1 file server and one light-duty server for a BBS).

-Gordon M.



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