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On 9/25/2010 10:06, Matt Emmott wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 5:23 PM,
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<div> On 9/24/2010 19:28, Matt Emmott wrote:<br>
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I'm not very familiar with the CE4100 and most
searches turned up more articles on the Boxee Box,
but I believe I saw on Engadget that it supports
VAAPI, which I see is in preliminary support in
.24. Wow that was a run-on sentence. Is anybody
familiar with this chip and its feasibility with
Myth? If it's an Atom then it's x86 code, which
should IMHO make it Myth-friendly.<br>
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It's an Atom, and only single core and 1.2GHz at that,
so it's a piece of junk performance wise. It's paired
with the same PowerVR graphics found in the GMA500,
and you're going to be relying on that for anything
you might want to do. Assuming you've got clean,
error free content, in a codec with settings
compatible with the chip, it will work great. If
you've got something else, you've got nothing to fall
back on, just like any other underpowered system.<br>
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<div>I have to agree with Raymond here. For not much more you
can get a Zotac with a dual core atom, nvidia ion graphics,
and you can mount it to the back of your TV. The Boxee Box
seems like an overpriced, under powered, piece of equipment.
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Why does the CPU matter? If it's an FE only it's not going to
be doing any commflagging or transcoding or anything
intensive, it's just going to be playing back videos. And if
the GPU can handle what they claim it can handle, isn't that
enough? Obviously the question of VAAPI support in Myth is a
factor but I don't see how the CPU matters anymore.<br>
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For the same reason CPU mattered with the old VIA systems, and we
keep warning people that CPU matters with these current ION
systems. Hardware accelerated decoding is statically defined. Once
the chip is fabricated, its capabilities and limitations cannot be
changed.<br>
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If your content is such that it can be handled by this ASIC, then
playback is smooth, there is no CPU load, and things are great. If
for whatever reason, the content cannot be played, then there is no
chance for improvement. You have no CPU power to fall back on for
software decoding, so you either have to buy all new hardware, or
you are stuck unable to use such content.<br>
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