[mythtv-users] PS3 keys

[Matt Mossholder]

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>wrote:

> On 1/17/2011 16:49, Johan Heikkilä wrote:
>
>> I bought the older model instead of the slim, for the purpose of being
>> able to install Linux on it. I wasn't happy at all when Sony disabled the
>> feature that I had bought by forcing a firmware upgrade.
>>
>
> The point I'm trying to make is that the PS3 is of little use as a HTPC.
>  It's fine if you're using the GameOS with its limited codec support over
> UPnP, but it simply doesn't have the power to run software decoding for
> normal Linux media players.  You can do standard definition video, but will
> struggle on anything HD.  The hardware has been available for several years,
> with only minimal progress towards writing video decoders that ran on the
> SPE.  The master key being found and used to access the system without the
> hypervisor is not going to make a bit of difference.


Actually, it is going to make a difference. The one big thing the hypervisor
didn't give access to was the graphics hardware. With direct access to the
GPU, you open the door to moving into HD level processing, rather than
having to rely on the SPE for everything.

    --Matt
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