[mythtv-users] just bought an SP13000, did I make a stupid mistake?

[Kevin Slater]

Greg (or others),

maybe you can clear up some confusion:

Unichrome? Openchrome? Which to use? Why two different projects? Does
anything take advantage of the mpeg4 acceleration that the CN400 chipset
provides?

I know of a few distros that were either slanted towards, supported or
specifically targeted at the via epia series: epios, minimyth, imedia,
knoppmyth. Is any of these worth starting with? I need my box to be both
front and backends (so I think that knocks out Larry Matter's minimyth).

...Kevin

On 5/5/06, Greg Cope <gregcope at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have an SP13000 and with FC4, ATRPMS and epia/unichrome rpms
> (http://washington.kelkoo.net/epia) it works fine.
>
> I still have an issue with my TV out being a little out, but it is
> more than watchable.
>
> Works, is quite and does appear to use much power.  Sometimes I think
> I could do with a faster CPU - but that usually passes.
>
> Greg
>
> On 05/05/06, Kevin Slater <kevin.slater at gmail.com> wrote:
> > A little background - I've had a working EPIA M-9000 for a couple of
> years.
> > It's woefully behind in every way (OS, MythTV version, IVTV driver), but
> the
> > family uses it daily. (And we don't even have a working IR remote; we
> use an
> > IR keyboard.)
> >
> > So I decided after getting paid for a side admin job that it was time to
> > build a replacement. I just ordered an SP13000 + memory + SATA disk +
> silent
> > power so that I could build a new MythTV and swap it in. Was my choice
> of
> > the SP13000 ill-advised?
> >
> > I'm not doing HD, and I'll probably use the S-Video out like I do
> currently
> > with the M9k board. I'm not afraid of patching and building if so
> required,
> > but I was hoping with the new Unichrome stuff that I'll get much better
> > output than what I currently get with my ancient via drivers in an old
> RH
> > kernel.
> >
> > ...Kevin
> >
> >
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