[mythtv-users] Video Hardware Question - Onboard or Card

[Tom Harris]

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 9:53 AM, jrh <jharbestonus at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would agree with the AMD sentiment as Steve indicates, VDPAU appears to
> now be well supported on AMD GPUs 'out of the box’ with no proprietary
> drivers.
>
> I ‘experimented’ with a zotac that had the nvidia chipset in it, and while
> it worked for awhile, an update messed it up, and I lost audio through
> hdmi, and was not able to get it back.
>
> I am currently using an AMD A350 fusion nettop machine as well as an AMD
> A8, and both of them work very well with the current VDPAU drivers.
>
> Regards!
>
>
Another option, which I’ve been using for over a year now, is the Raspberry
Pi 3.   It does HW video acceleration, and generally performs quite well.
You can’t beat it for size, cost, power, heat.   My only complaint is that
some horizontal pans (e.g. players moving up a basketball court) is not
entirely smooth.  But, it hasn’t been noticeable enough to stop me from
using it.

I used to run an Atom/Ion box with VDPAU several years ago and the video
performance was very good.   Are there any AMD options that resemble the Pi
for Size/power/etc?


>
> On Feb 21, 2018, at 11:23 AM, Steve Greene <sgreene820 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Unless I'm missing new code, advanced deinterlacing is still not supported
> for VAAPI. It's most noticeable to me in the crawl under CNN, MSNBC and the
> like. Probably noticeable as tearing in fast paced sporting events like
> hockey or basketball as well. I have my eye on the Ryzen 5 2400G, since AMD
> now supports VDPAU.
>
> With my provider I'm getting probably 40% 480i, 40% 1080i and 20% 720p.
>
> Steve
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 10:19 AM, Tim Draper <veehexx at zoho.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>  ---- On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 14:59:05 +0000 David Krainess <
>> davidkrainess at yahoo.com> wrote ----
>>  > Hi all,
>>  > When VDPAU launched, it really helped out.  I've always stuck with
>> NVidia for MythTV.
>>  > I'm upgrading and wondering, given performance increases over time,
>> will onboard desktop CPU video (I.E. Intel HD 510, 530, 610, 630...etc)
>> support mythtv HD decoding just as well to my eye.  Or, is it still
>> recommended to buy a separate video card?
>>  > Advice?
>>  > Thanks,
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>> i've been off nvidia for a good few years now, and cant say i've missed
>> any aspect of it.
>> i run a celeron nuc with the N2820 CPU (https://ark.intel.com/product
>> s/79052/Intel-Celeron-Processor-N2820-1M-Cache-up-to-2_39-GHz) and that
>> seems to handle 1080p without issue.
>>
>> so, it's a yes from me; on-chip intel is fine. i cant really think of
>> much scenario where onboard wont handle tv playback as the current intel
>> claim to run 4k.
>>
>> only thing i would say is do a bit of research into the exact cpu/gpu
>> combo your getting. Intel have broken a few hardware features like (for
>> example) broken 24fps playback, or HDMI audio issues. The issues do seem
>> well known if you search this list, or head over to the intel community
>> forum.
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