[mythtv-users] Hardware h264 via plug-in card?

[Brian Wood]

Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
> Brian Wood wrote:
>> This one looks interesting:
>>
>> http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/08/10/02/2244229.shtml
>>
>> A PCI Express card with a Cel processor that can do h264 and mpeg2
>> encoding and decoding.
>>   
> 
> And until it has linux drivers *and* mythtv supports more than mpeg2 
> acceleration it will be quite useless.

True, but it's a start. A lot of us are using machines that are quite
adequate for SD mpeg2 but can't handle h264 playback, and this might be
an alternative to buying a new mobo/cpu. Of course it might cost just as
much as a new system.

Just something to keep an eye on, and bear in mind as another option.

The nVidia Tesla also seems to have potential.

But, as Linus van Pelt once said, "There is no heavier burden than a
great potential".

beww