[mythtv-users] Mac Mini Video Acceleration Question (h.264

[Peter Loron]

On Oct 9, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Scott D. Davilla wrote:

>> On Oct 9, 2009, at 8:10 AM, Jeff Walther wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 13:36:50 -0700
>>>> From: Peter Loron <peterl at standingwave.org>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah! This will be a great addition to ATV. Another 256M of RAM  
>>>> would
>>>> be nifty, too.  :-)
>>>
>>> Working on it (slowly; too much real life in the way).  But even  
>>> if I
>>> succeed it won't be for the masses.  There's no way to change the  
>>> RAM
>>> without delicate soldering and the larger capacity memory parts  
>>> still cost
>>> $80 to go from 256MB to 512MB.  Of course going to 1GB RAM would  
>>> cost $400
>>> so 512MB looks like a bargain...
>>>
>>> Jeff Walther
>>
>> The soldering I can handle (warms up his Metcal and magnifying  
>> lamp), the $80 is a drag. At that point, might as well get a Revo...
>
> Brave, even I avoid ball-grid arrays, a real pain in the rear.

Doh...I had been assuming they were SOIC or somesuch with exposed  
leads. I don't have the rig for doing BGA reflow properly.

-Pete