[mythtv-users] Low Power Frontends (in anticipation of nvidia's new API)

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Dec 6, 2008, at 6:11 PM, Matthew Asplund wrote:

> Also, I have a question about the abilities of VDPAU.  Is it only h. 
> 264?  I have a system with 2 HDHomeRun units, and I have a potential  
> front-end with a Sempron at 1.6 GHz.  Right now it cannot keep up  
> with normal HD channels, and I would like to fix that, but they are  
> mpeg2 streams, not h.264.  Will VDPAU help with them?

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njg4Ng
"The formats supported by VDPAU are currently H.264, MPEG, WMV3, and  
VC-1."

I remember reading that you need a 9xxx card to get VC-1 support.

> Oh, and also, if I upgrade to the dev versions, will I still be able  
> to connect to my back end?  I know that with every previous upgrade,  
> I have had to upgrade the back end to get compatability.

Your frontend and backend versions must always mach.

-Brad

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