[mythtv-users] Intel G45 Express?

[Anthony Zawacki]

John Andrunas wrote:
> I have one I have been using for a few weeks now, mostly as a test at 
> this point, certainly not without issues.  At least in Ubuntu the audio 
> takes some tweaking out of the box, and I had to put the normal stuff 
> for Keyboard and Mouse in the Xorg.conf.  I have not been using it as my 
> primary system so I can't really speak for the stability yet. 
> 
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Geoffrey Leach <geoff at hughes.net 
> <mailto:geoff at hughes.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Is there any experience with the  Intel G45 Express chipset?
> 
>     http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/chipsets/g45/g45-overview.htm
> 
>     Thanks.
>     ______________________________________________
> -- 
> John

I am using a DG45FC as a primary front end for a 65" HDTV.  And I would 
agree, that it is not without issues, and is not for the faint hearted, 
it does work.  I can play back recordings, and they look great.  I 
cannot play back video with mplayer.  Xine gives mixed results, 
sometimes good, sometimes not so good.

Setting it up is a bear, and the X11 video driver has several bugs that 
will not be fixed for some time (well, they are fixed in the driver, but 
the driver requires a GEM enabled kernel, not expected until at least 
2.6.28 at the earliest.)  Attempting to play back video files with 
mplayer, and sometimes with xine, causes X to crash and require a reboot.

However, at this point, the main frontend, and DVD playback is very 
good, and accomplishes what I needed for my frontend.

I am looking forward to 6-9 months out when the stability is much better 
and more things work out of the box.

Anthony