[mythtv-users] Hardware plans

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Wed Apr 14 20:33:57 UTC 2010


On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:00:05PM +0100, Gordon McCrae wrote:
> On 14/04/10 20:47, jedi wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:07:27AM -0700, Paul Bender wrote:
> >   
> >> On 4/14/2010 12:00 AM, Nick Rout wrote:
> >>     
> >>> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Paul Bender<pebender at san.rr.com>  wrote:
> >>>       
> >>>> On 4/13/2010 8:15 PM, kyle polich wrote:
> >>>>         
> >>>>> I have been researching Myth and the right hardware set up for a
> >>>>> little while and I believe I can now make an informed purchase, but I
> >>>>> wanted to put my thoughts out there to the community to see if there
> >>>>> were any flaws in my design or perhaps better advice.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I want this machine to function as my DVR and media center.  Since it
> >>>>> will be in the living room, I'd like something with a nice form
> >>>>> factor.  I believe the Meerkat ION (with a few upgrades) from System76
> >>>>> is an ideal piece of hardware for a fair price.  Anyone running such a
> >>>>> set up now?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Any counter-proposals on what I might want to buy?
> >>>>>           
> >>>> As you have not specified the format or resolution of the content that you
> >>>> will be playing, it is not possible to decide whether the ION hardware
> >>>> decoding is sufficient or whether you need either ION 2 hardware decoding or
> >>>> software decoding.
> >>>>         
> >>>       
> >> DivX and MPEG4 part 2 require feature set C, which the current ION
> >> does not have.
> >>     
> >     The Atom can handle SD divx. It will probably not be able to handle
> > divx in HD though.
> >
> >   
> Could we possibly stop quoting what an Atom (or anything else for that
> matter) will probably be (or not be) able to support unless we've
> actually tried it?

    Could you possibly stop being so presumptious?

    It's rather annoying.

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