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

Thu Feb 22 23:35:31 UTC 2018

> On Feb 22, 2018, at 5:13 PM, Tom Harris <thom.j.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 9:53 AM, jrh <jharbestonus at gmail.com <mailto: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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Regards! 
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> 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.
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> 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?
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The Foxconn AMD E350 that I use is around 15 Watts as compared to the less than 5 Watts for the RPi.

This is a possibility, though it is a refurb box. Newegg has a few other refurbs from zotac that are AMD. Power requirements will be higher than the RPi tho.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAA8S5798686&cm_re=amd_nettop-_-9SIAA8S5798686-_-Product

I am not seeing any new AMD nettops available, through there are some barebones AMD mini-itx motherboards available.

Regards,

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>> On Feb 21, 2018, at 11:23 AM, Steve Greene <sgreene820 at gmail.com <mailto:sgreene820 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> With my provider I'm getting probably 40% 480i, 40% 1080i and 20% 720p.
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>> Steve
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>> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 10:19 AM, Tim Draper <veehexx at zoho.com <mailto:veehexx at zoho.com>> wrote:
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>>  ---- On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 14:59:05 +0000 David Krainess <davidkrainess at yahoo.com <mailto: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?
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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/products/79052/Intel-Celeron-Processor-N2820-1M-Cache-up-to-2_39-GHz <https://ark.intel.com/products/79052/Intel-Celeron-Processor-N2820-1M-Cache-up-to-2_39-GHz>) and that seems to handle 1080p without issue.
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>> 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.
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>> 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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