[mythtv-users] graphics card memory needed for VDPAU & HDPVR

[jedi]

On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 09:44:10AM -0600, Andy Zobro wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:04 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 10:45:31PM -0500, greg wrote:
> > > Jonny B wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Brad DerManouelian
> > > > <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> On Dec 2, 2008, at 4:51 PM, Scott D. Davilla wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>> Hi James:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> This is what you want, but they are sold out at newegg. I must have
> > > >>> gotten one of the last few ( :) ) but at least it will give you a
> > > >>> part number/description to search.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187042&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-
> > > >>>
> > > >> I got this one:
> > > >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121240
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > > That one is PCI Express, however, this one is a PCI card:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133245
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> > > I wouldn't jump the gun on this stuff.. Does anyone even know if a pci
> > > or an AGP will even work with VDPAU?  This is still a very new
> > technology...
> >
> >      No one is going to ever learn anything about this stuff if people
> > continue to be meek about it. Someone needs to be willing to try all
> > the relevant combinations. If something doesn't work out, they can
> > report it back and save the next n+1 guys the trouble.
> >
> >     This stuff doesn't test itself.
> 
> 
> That said, I've been on the fence about purchasing the requisite hardware
> for a solid state, fanless vdapu solution (low power, low noise, and cheap)

    I managed to get one of these quite by accident simply but not being
too terribly cheap about what I was buying.

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