[mythtv-users] Can an Atom N270 1.6GHz decode SD video with yadif and scaling?

[Ken Bass]

Paul Gardiner wrote:
> Great. Be very interested to know how you get on. What's your
> plan, FE or combined?
I am going to use it as a Frontend only. My current MythTV setup is a 
combined one, but I think the IONITX will really accel as a frontend. It 
provides a very small form factor at a low power with accelerated 
graphics. I store my recording on a RAID setup, so that would not work 
well on a CPU with low performance like the ATOM. It seems designed for 
the HTPC frontend market. I went with the single core version to lower 
the power usage/heat especially since it will be a frontend only.

The case I am putting it in is the Antec ISK 300-65.

I've never done the split frontend/backend thing before, so I'm not sure 
what to expect. Hopefully there will be no issues streaming HD files 
over the network. Since I purchased a HD-PVR to record the HD stuff and 
x264 files are smaller then MPEG2, I would expect less of an issue.