[mythtv-users] epia vs PVR-350 hardware decoding

[Tako Schotanus]

Can't speak for others, but my M10000 + PVR250 can't manage
unfortunately :-/
It stutters continuously. Only when I bring down the quality to
unwatchable propertions does it display smoothly.

But the effect is slight, so I hope the improved drivers or support for
the VIA mpeg decoder will solve the problem in the near future.

-Tako

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Bowen
> Sent: dinsdag 5 augustus 2003 7:35
> To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
> Subject: [mythtv-users] epia vs PVR-350 hardware decoding
> 
> 
> Hello all,
> For awhile I've been looking into building a small form 
> factor/quiet myth box, which, considering the low CPU power 
> of these kinds of systems, will probably require hardware 
> encoding/decoding... the PVR-250 support looks like it solved 
> the encoding part, but from what I've been able to discern 
> from reading the list, there's no support yet for hardware 
> decoding - both the PVR-350 and the EPIA's mpeg2 decoder are 
> currently unsupported. So my question is, does anyone who has 
> been following the development of the necessary drivers have 
> a rough idea of when it might be reasonable to expect they 
> might be ready and myth-supported? Anytime soon, or far off 
> in the future?
> 
> Second related question: assuming neither is going to be 
> supported in the near future, how much processing power is 
> needed to run myth smoothly, assuming hardware encoding? 
> Would one of the new EPIA boxes with a PVR-250 cut it with 
> the decoding being done in software?
> 
> Any thought appreciated,
> 
> Kevin Bowen
> 
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