[mythtv-users] Zotac IONITX Performance

[James Oltman]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 1:50 PM, David Asher <asherml at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Sep 22, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
>
>> I think the real test is high bitrate h264, as from an HD-PVR. With the
>> upcoming release of 0.22, many more folks may be using the HD-PVRs.
>>
>> ATSC is MPEG2, relatively easy to decode, at least compared to h264.
>>
>> Any solution that can't cope with h264 is off the table as far as I'm
>> concerned.
>>
>
> Good point.  I've definitely used it many times with 720p H.264, but I
> don't know the bitrate.  And 1080p H.264 once (the Indiana Jones Movie
> trailer).  All without noticeable playback issues.
>
>
I was debating between building a new box with a dual core ATOM ION board,
or a gigabyte board with onboard 9400 nVidia card.  I want to have SPDIF out
for now, with the option of doing HD audio through HDMI in the future (this
does not mean passing through SPDIF to a vid card).  I've heard there's very
little difference in quality between the Advanced 1x and Advanced 2x
de-interlacers.  I want to use the frontend for:

HD (ATSC and QAM, h264 w HD audio, MPEG2, VC-1 w HD audio)
Playing music (again, through SPDIF or HDMI)
NES/Sega/SNES/N64 emulators
Full screen  YouTube/Hulu (on a 1080p LCD)

It's sounding like the ATOM board will be able to handle all this.  Am I
right in saying this?

Jim
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