[mythtv-users] Using Artigo A1000 as Myth Frontend

[TJ Harris]

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Owen Townend<owen.townend at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/6/5 Tim Ashman <tim at ashmans.net>:
>> On Thursday 04 June 2009 07:35:24 pm Travis Tabbal wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Tim Ashman <tim at ashmans.net> wrote:
>>> > Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 119.88
>>> > (120000/1001) -> 59.94 (60000/1001)
>>> > Input #0, mpegts, from '1221_20090601210000.mpg':
>>> >  Duration: 00:59:56.27, start: 18675.751356, bitrate: 11124 kb/s
>>> >  Program 1
>>> >    Stream #0.0[0x31]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1280x720 [PAR 1:1 DAR
>>> > 16:9], 19392 kb/s, 59.94 tbr, 90k tbn, 119.88 tbc
>>> >    Stream #0.1[0x34](eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s
>>>
>>> Looks like a 720p recording. That machine isn't powerful enough to handle
>>> decoding them in software. XvMC might help, if you can get it to work. You
>>> could also try a PCI based VDPAU capable card.
>>
>> thank you.  Is there a way to either transcode it down so I can try watching a
>> lower res with this device or can I record it at a lower rate to being with?
>>
>> tim
>
> Hey,
> Myth does its actual recordings by basically dumping the stream to disk.
> The only way therefore to record at a lower res would be to choose a
> lower res channel. Some stations will have an SD and HD channel
> showing the same content. This would be good if this is to be the only
> front end.
>
> Another option would be to transcode your recordings as a user job
> to a lower resolution. This would also be more disk-space efficient.
> I use mythnuv2mkv[0][1] for this task but there are other options available.

I noticed Fry's selling these things, and thought it would make an
excellent myth frontend.  It has a VIA VX800 chipset, which has a VIA
Chrome9 HC3 IGP.   So, this may be able to use the VIA XvMC support,
if it gets the right driver support.  Without enabling the hardware
acceleration, this thing is way too slow to decode HD material.  But,
it makes a nice storage device.