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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m planning on building a new MythTV backend / dual
frontend (with analog composite and HDMI <span style=""> </span>(~720p) outputs), and am planning on taking
the following approach to my build:</p><p class="MsoNormal">For HDMI output & motherboard:<span style=""> </span>I’m looking at buying an NVidia GeForce 7050PV-based
AMD motherboard.<span style=""> </span>I selected the 7050PV
because it has integrated HDMI and supports XvMC, according to both the
MythTV.org Wiki and the latest nvidia driver’s readme.<span style=""> </span>I’m hoping to offload some MPEG processing to
the motherboard.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>For my composite analog output:<span style=""> </span>I’m planning on buying a cheap-o GeForce 6600-based
video card, since it, too, supports XvMC.<span style="">
</span>More offloading.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’ll put these together with an AMD X2 6000+ and have a nice
system that can suit the need without being overtaxed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Because of the VDPAU announcement, I would love to go with
the newer GeForce 8200/8300-based motherboards – or even stay with an Intel CPU
and go with a GeForce 9400/9300-based motherboard.<span style=""> </span>But I worry that my Distro of choice (CentOS)
will be a pain or almost impossible to set up on these motherboards.<span style=""> </span>I’m good with kernel builds from scratch. . .
but that doesn’t mean I need to like it or plan for it!</p><p class="MsoNormal">Any comments on my logic? I appreciate it!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tony</p>
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