[mythtv-users] Seeking Motherboard Advice

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Thu Dec 15 15:11:44 UTC 2011


On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 05:15:28PM -0600, Kenneth Emerson wrote:
> I have combed through the archives and have found much on hardware
> recommendations but am still confused about video.
> 
> I am branching out of my comfort zone of a single BE/FE box to an
> additional FE box.  I want it to be small as it will be sitting on a
> bookcase in the kitchen eating area.  I have been convinced that I
> need to not skimp on the processor so am looking at an I3 or I5
> processor in the 3.2->3.3GHz range. I seem to understand with that
> much processing power I can do decoding in the CPU and not rely on the
> GPU (vdpau).
> 
> So the question that begs to be asked, do I have to have an NVIDIA
> video board (either on-board or add-in)?  I am looking at the ASROCK
> mobo (ASRock H67M-ITX LGA 1155 Intel H67 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini
> ITX Intel Motherboard) which has the Intel graphics 2000/3000 built
> in.  I have seen that there has been work within MythTV for VA-API
> which originally came from Intel (but not much discussion about it).
> 
> So, can I use the Intel graphics on this mobo for H.264 playback as
> well as mpeg2 1080p files without stuttering?  Does the va-api support

   I think that's the tricky part. Any GPU built into a more powerful
low profile box is likely to be less than satisfying for MythTV. There
are a couple of products that avoid this problem but they tend to be
rather expensive.


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