[mythtv-users] HDTV and the VIA EPIA
Jarod C. Wilson
jcw at wilsonet.com
Fri Feb 20 02:59:49 EST 2004
On Feb 19, 2004, at 13:24, Vincent K. Britton wrote:
> Has anyone here tried to decode HDTV content on a VIA EPIA?
If they have, they're insane.
> I am looking to get several VIA EPIA’s to act as front end boxes. I
> have 1 HD Television now and wanted to know if the 1 GHz CPU on the
> VIA EPIA could decode HD Content.
Not even close. While Cecil pointed you to a link stating at least
2.0GHz for a system without an nVidia card (and their proprietary
drivers), that's not taking the overhead of everything MythTV does into
account. The recommendation for Myth in HD is a 3.0GHz HT P4.
> It has a MPEG2 Decoder built on to it. Forgive my ignorance but what
> is HD content recorded in (mpeg4 I think)
mpeg2.
> and would this decoder help at all?
I don't think it is designed to handle something as high in resolution
as HDTV, but I suppose I could be wrong. Perhaps I'll actually eat my
words and go insane (I have an EPIA M10000 HushPC)...
--
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