[mythtv-users] The $99 frontend is here. Is this too good to be true?

[Nick F]

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Jarod Wilson<jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> Moral of the story: VDPAU still development code, and not a magic
> bullet (yet). Don't expect miracles. Play with fire, get burned. Etc.
>
> /me really needs to replace his D945GCLF2 w/an Atom 330 Ion or
> something and find out what he's really missing...

No need to throw out the D945GCLF2 Atom board just yet.  I added a
Sparkle 8400GS PCI card to mine, and now it plays back with all the
VDPAU goodness I could expect.  I also have an ION board in another
frontend, and there's not a lot of difference between the two
machines.  Both handle Bluray playback just fine, and 1080i looks
good.  So - a $40 upgrade will get you almost all of the way.  As an
aside, using JY's (unofficial, unsupported, caveat emptor, caveat
mythtor) fixes backport things have been surprisingly stable for me -
DVD playback included.

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