[mythtv-users] Frontend hardware confusion.

Wed Mar 23 09:51:08 UTC 2011

Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:

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Hi

On 23 March 2011 19:08, Jeppe Nejsum Madsen <jeppe at ingolfs.dk> wrote:
> Please report back when you get it. I'm in the same market and wondering
> if it's possible to use advanced 2x on 50hz material with subtitles :-)

>From the various reports, performance with when it comes to VDPAU is
very similar to ion 1.
Advanced 2X is only available on SD content

JY
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If the results from the qvdpautest reported in this thread on the Nvidia Linux forum are correct it looks like it is only a slight difference between ION and ION2.
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2392864&postcount=364
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2352362&postcount=327

If I understand this correctly it looks like the ION2 should be able to do Advanced 1X on HD, both 50 and 60 Hz, whereas the ION can not.

Jens