[mythtv-users] ASUS E35M1-M Pro boards

[Johan.van der Kolk]

On 02/09/2011 07:52 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 2/9/2011 13:33, Johan.van der Kolk wrote:
>> Typical (more like maximum) usage scenario: 2 to 3 recordings 
>> simultaneously, possible HD, while watching one.
>> Commflagging might be limited or given a low priority.
>
> No.  This system will likely be too slow to handle HD MPEG2, and 
> certainly too slow for HD H264.  With DVB, you record what the 
> broadcaster sends you.  You don't have a choice whether it is HD or 
> not.  While in theory, this should perform hardware decode offload 
> using the integrated video, but until AMD gets their act together, and 
> stabilizes their support for VAAPI on Linux, that's not going to happen.
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Not sure where VAAPI comes in to play at a backend.... :-). When I said 
watching one, it would be at a frontend (remote). Did not mention that 
explicitly, apologies.

Johan