[mythtv-users] HD Playback

[R. G. Newbury]

Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 19:07 -0600, MrVining wrote:
>> This HD Video playback thing still has me stumped.  It seems there is  
>> soo many different options and settings.  I read a lot about someone  
>> did this or that and now CPU load is at 15% or what ever.  Anyway I  
>> have decided I'm going about this the wrong way, instead of asking  
>> for tips on what will make my hardware run okay, I'll just ask what's  
>> the best?
>>
>> I have my backend all set up, or on it's way (4TB RAID5 &  
>> 3xHDHomeRun, multi Gigabit Network Cards).
>>
>> Now I'm building the front ends and this is mission critical for me,  
>> if the wife doesn't have TV, I don't get to the office...  LOL but  
>> kinda true, don't get me wrong "Apples to Apples" and "Back-seat  
>> Drawing" are fun, but I need my HTTP/WoW.  We have a big screen 16:9  
>> HD TV with a free HDMI input, and a THX certified Yamaha receiver  
>> (only using 5.1 atm, hope to change to 7.1 after we move in a year or  
>> so).  She records mostly 1080i programs.
>>
>> There seems to be lot's of playback options so what one yields the  
>> highest quality picture?
>>
>> What hardware is needed to drive that decompression (zero dropped  
>> frames)?
>>
>> If you had 2-3k to drop on a front end for a client what would  
>> components would you use?
>>
>>
>> No need to respond negatively, if you're not going to have fun with  
>> it don't bother to respond.  Basically if you won the lottery what  
>> would your front end be made up of, and what settings would you shoot  
>> for?
> 
> If cost is no object, one thing that I would do for the frontend is to
> build a powerful machine that sits in a basement (or someplace far away
> from the TV) and use a HDMI extenders (like
> http://www.audioauthority.com/product_details/1391A/HDMI/5/2).
> This way no noise and no headaches about building a nice looking and
> quiet frontend (Audio and remote have to be extended too).  

Or choose a case which is inherently quiet, by virtue of its design. And 
then make whatever arrangements you need in order to have that case near 
your TV. In either event, you may need to include IR receiver extenders 
and/or IR blasters.

For a large quiet case, you really cannot beat the Antec P182, but it IS 
large. (21"x8x22 deep). It even comes with grommets for liquid cooling 
which is one (money-no-object) route to quiet cooling.

Geoff



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