[mythtv-users] ATI tv out program and radeon cards

[Brad Rosenblatt]

Have you tried the new X driver from via?  I've seen others post here 
that it was a great improvement for playback.

http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=60

I'm considering an EPIA 'board for my playback machine but I wanted to 
hear more reviews of the new driver.  Anyone out there want to post a 
review?

-sedwards

usenet at wingert.org wrote:

>I bought an EPIA 800.  I can say I am very unimpressed with its performance,
>I can see why Cyrix went away.  At DVD rate MPEG2, mplayer has to drop frames
>to keep up with the bitrate.  I'll have to note that this is something my
>PIII-450 does fine.  On the other hand power consumption is pretty 
>impressive at 12 watts at idle (my Athlon and PIV systems pull about 80 watts).
>
>I also got an X-Box to play with as a front end.  There again, I am 
>unimpressed.  The XBox is a monster and very noisy.  It also draws about
>60 watts when running.
>
>If VIA gets their butt in gear and provides MPEG source or binary hardware
>support for MPlayer, Ogle, ...., there will be a pretty good feather in 
>their hat.  I think I'll stay away until they do.  I can't see a 
>200 MHz increase in processor speed being able to reduce the processor 
>load significantly (in Intel terms maybe, but not Cyrix).
>
>Anyone know of a low power Athlon/PIII/PIV setup capable of decoding
>DVD rate MPEG2 and still having 20% idle?
>
>Thanks
>
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>>Yes, I have heard this as well - and in fact have confirmed this. Stores
>>are now selling the current M10000 as "M-10000A".
>>
>>Also: In April they plan to release a dual 1ghz mini-itx board with the
>>new nemiah processors.  That outta be fairly impressive. Can't wait for
>>that!
>>
>>--Micah
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>>>Anyone considering purchasing a VIA EPIA M10000 might want to check out
>>>this story from mini-itx.com first:
>>>http://www.mini-itx.com/default.asp#story0144
>>>
>>>Apparently, the M10000 will have 2 versions, the one currently being
>>>sold which is based on the existing processor core and a version "II"
>>>that will be based on the new Nehemiah core (with better floating point
>>>performance). All this according to the above news item. I'd love to
>>>hear different. FYI, YMMV, etc.
>>>
>>>...Kevin
>>>
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