[mythtv-users] EPIA SP8000E questions

Gordon Morehouse listbox at evernex.com
Fri Sep 30 20:58:07 UTC 2005


Robin Gilks wrote:

>TV out is supported by the Unichrome Pro video drivers - the latest Xorg
>CVS snapshots support it out of the box but you'll also need a very recent
>DRM (DRI) kernel driver.
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This will involve patching the kernel sources, yes?  Not something I'm 
scared of but it's been a while  ;)

>This is again a video driver issue and the Unichrome driver does NOT yet
>support it. Its work in progress so I'd expect to see something in 3-4
>months. I'm seeing 30% CPU load on Xvid videos.
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30% load on an SP13000, correct?  I hope that would translate to the 
SP8000E being able to handle it without dropping frames.

>I use my Epia SP13000 for videos, mp3s, podcast/icecast/realplayer
>streaming (even NASA TV!!!), DVDs, CDs. In fact all the plugins that
>Mythtv has plus a couple of 'unofficial' ones - MythStream and MythFM.
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How well does MythFM work?  I can't seem to find a home page that has 
much information on it.  I'd like to be able to record a couple of radio 
shows at regularly scheduled times on weekdays...

>I'm using a PVR-150MCE retail (comes with the remote). The latest (SVN)
>IVTV drivers work out of the box (apart from external audio which is
>expected to be fixed in the next few days)
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Thanks (you and the prior poster) for pointing out the PVR150.  That's 
going to save me a lot of money, and it looks like the quality is even 
slightly better than the 250.

Regards,
-Gordon M.




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