[mythtv-users] ION Platform with case

[jedi]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 02:27:20PM -0400, Johnny wrote:
> >     The Asrock 330 originally mentioned is my test hardware.
> >
> >     I will probably grab a revo now that it's finally here. It figures
> > that it would arrive just as I broke down and tried something else.
> 
> I believe the revo uses the single core N230 so I wouldn't plan on
> that giving you any performance advantages over the Asrock. It will
> have a smaller size, and will be fanless.
> 
> >> I'm curious as to what you mean by "falls over".  My ION has been 100%
> >
> >     The non-vdpau decoder can't keep up. I have seen this with high bitrate
> > DVD MPEG2 and with aggressively transcoded SD h264 content. It stutters, stops
> > and drops frames.
> 
> H264 is very computationally intensive and can cause problems for many

    Not the stuff I was talking about. I wasn't talking about bluray decoding
or high bitrate HD-PVR recordings. I was talking the simple stuff that just
about any bargain bin desktop PC built in the last few years should be able to
handle.

> desktop processors. So that hardly warrants calling the Atom weak and
> disregarding it as a great fontend CPU. VDPAU is primarily a response

    The fact that the cpu is relatively weak is an important fact and not 
something to be glossed over. It's an important consideration when deciding 
how to use the hardware.

    Treating it as an "AppleTV replacement" probably makes a lot more sense
than trying to use it as a "Mac Mini replacement".

    The cores on the mini are about 2.7x faster.

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