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

[Adrian Burden]

I have been thinking of doing the same thing with my M9000. It is
working well for a frontend machine with a backend system running a
pinnacle TV card. I just got the PVR-250 going on a test system and my
only concern with the M9000 is playing of the PVR-250 files. I am using
720x480 because of the ghosting problem I had with 480x480. I am hoping
for advancements in the hardware mpeg drivers for the via onboard video
and the ivtv driver for the PVR.

Cheers...


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From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of Kevin J. Slater
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 8:40 AM
To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
Subject: [mythtv-users] EPIA M10000 + PVR 250..


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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