[mythtv-users] Cost of MythTV Machines

[Chris Hembrow]

my Epia V10000 (1ghz, no acceleration of any kind) will quite happily
play back xvids, even at fairly high quality. I haven't got exact
figures, but I've not yet come across an xvid I can't happily watch on
it. It won't play DVD or MPEG2 at all, which is why I want to replace
it with an M10000, or even better the fanless sp8000

On 2/2/06, Paul Bender <pebender at san.rr.com> wrote:
> Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 09:02 -0500, Tom Hines wrote:
> >
> >>I assume the systems to which you are referring are HD capable and
> >>"just work".  My motive for building my own box was that I wanted to
> >>tinker with VIA min-itx mobos and it was just time for another DIY
> >>project.  I forget what the price breakdown was, but I'm in it for
> >>over $600 now.
> >>
> >>VIA EPIA M10000 (provides networking, video out, sound)
> >
> >
> > A Via is nice, but seriously underpowered. PLaying DVD uses up to 80-90%
> > of CPU and let's not even talk about playing RealVideo. That's even
> > worst. It won't even play smoothly!!
>
> There is no reason a Via EPIA board with either CLE266 (such as the
> M10000) or CN400 should take 80-90% to play a DVD. With the MPEG2
> hardware accelaration supported by the Openchrome drivers, my DVD
> playback takes less than 10%. However, you are correct that the CPU is
> not very powerful. As a result, playback of non-MPEG2 sources can be a
> problem, depending on the resolution and framerate.
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