[mythtv-users] HD thin client?

Tom Flair praetor.zero at gmail.com
Wed Jan 30 03:38:08 UTC 2008


On Jan 29, 2008 8:36 PM, Mitch Gore <mitchell.gore at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jan 29, 2008 8:32 PM, Anthony Giggins <seven at seven.dorksville.net>
> wrote:
>
> > http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3656381487.html
> >
> > would these be fast enough to be a silent diskless HD mythtv frontend
> > maybe with an Nvidia card in the PCIe expansion module?
> >
> > or is an AMD Sempron 2100+ clocked at 1GHz not enough power to cut the
> > mustard?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Anthony
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> I doubt it would work even with XvMC.
>
> I once had a AMD 1800 running as a FE and with XvMC it barely played HD
> and that is clocked at 1.5Ghz
>
> Mitchell
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I have a Sempron 2300+ 1.5Ghz using xvmc that plays back HD decently.  It
stutters if I try to bring up the OSD, but otherwise it is acceptable.
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