[mythtv-users] EPIA M10000 + PVR 250..

[Joel Larsson]

Is it possible to use AC3 passthourgh with the spdif connection to get 
dolby digtal and DTS to the home stereo?

//Joel

Kevin J. Slater wrote:

>For those of you interested in the EPIA M10000, I heard from a good source that
>the PVR 250 and EPIA M10000 do indeed work pretty well for a MythTV box. CPU
>utilization was about 80% during livetv (iirc), which was at dvd resolution. I'm
>going for an EPIA M10000 this weekend. 
>
>BTW, I also heard that any EPIA M10000 manufactured after March 2003 will have
>the Nehemiah chip on it. (When I asked NewEgg last, they couldn't guarantee that
>the mobo's were new enough. That may have changed now.) 
>
>The only drawback I can see to using the PVR 250 is that the recorded file sizes
>will be largish (since it's doing MPEG2 encoding). Of course, we might be able
>to use the transcoding stuff (in cvs) to squish these back to more reasonable
>size for those with lots of storage requirements. (Like a geek dad with 4 tech
>savvy kids, for example..)
>
>Also note, this path is not for the faint of heart and I wouldn't suggest it for
>a newbie. Not at this point anyway. Now if only VIA would pony up a driver to
>allow us to use the hardware decode, we'd be able to make a really quiet, cool
>MythTV all-in-one box.
>
>...Kevin
>
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