[mythtv-users] Hardware plans

[jedi]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:07:27AM -0700, Paul Bender wrote:
> On 4/14/2010 12:00 AM, Nick Rout wrote:
> >On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Paul Bender<pebender at san.rr.com>  wrote:
> >>On 4/13/2010 8:15 PM, kyle polich wrote:
> >>>
> >>>I have been researching Myth and the right hardware set up for a
> >>>little while and I believe I can now make an informed purchase, but I
> >>>wanted to put my thoughts out there to the community to see if there
> >>>were any flaws in my design or perhaps better advice.
> >>>
> >>>I want this machine to function as my DVR and media center.  Since it
> >>>will be in the living room, I'd like something with a nice form
> >>>factor.  I believe the Meerkat ION (with a few upgrades) from System76
> >>>is an ideal piece of hardware for a fair price.  Anyone running such a
> >>>set up now?
> >>>
> >>>Any counter-proposals on what I might want to buy?
> >>
> >>As you have not specified the format or resolution of the content that you
> >>will be playing, it is not possible to decide whether the ION hardware
> >>decoding is sufficient or whether you need either ION 2 hardware decoding or
> >>software decoding.
> >
> 
> DivX and MPEG4 part 2 require feature set C, which the current ION
> does not have.

    The Atom can handle SD divx. It will probably not be able to handle
divx in HD though.