[mythtv-users] Hardware plans

[Gordon McCrae]

On 14/04/10 21:33, jedi wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:00:05PM +0100, Gordon McCrae wrote:
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>> On 14/04/10 20:47, jedi wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:07:27AM -0700, Paul Bender wrote:
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>>>> On 4/14/2010 12:00 AM, Nick Rout wrote:
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>>>>> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Paul Bender<pebender at san.rr.com>  wrote:
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>>>>>> On 4/13/2010 8:15 PM, kyle polich wrote:
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>>>>>>> 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?
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>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> 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.
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>>>> DivX and MPEG4 part 2 require feature set C, which the current ION
>>>> does not have.
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>>>     The Atom can handle SD divx. It will probably not be able to handle
>>> divx in HD though.
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>> 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.
>
>   
Presumptuous?

You state that it can handle SD DIVX (although you qualify it in a later
post saying that it can only barely do so), and that it will PROBABLY
not handle DIVX in HD.

So from that sentence you're making it clear that you haven't tried HD
DIVX, otherwise you wouldn't have said "probably".

But lets be clear here; I'm not trying to start a flame here, simply
trying to get everyone to stop quoting what they think might be the
case, when people who have tried it have already stated that it works fine.

That's what I find annoying.

Newbies looking for a MythTV frontend have a hard enough time working
out how to get their systems working without getting confusing signals
about whether a particular piece of hardware works. So all I'm saying
is, if someone asks, and you haven't seen it work or fail, but someone
else has and has provide feedback on it; quote them rather than trying
to guess.

There's plenty of folks on this list who have attested to REVO and other
ATOM platforms playing both SD and HD fine, so either they're all
imagining things, or your suppositions are wrong.

I'm happy to assist  if you have a REVO and need some pointers on
getting it playing SD DIVX or HD DIVX successfully, just post details of
the problems you're seeing.

Cheers
Gordon