[mythtv-users] Re: Frontend for home theater

[Chad]

On 11/6/05, Michael Tiller <michael.tiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> Regarding my previous message (see below) I'm afraid I'm not up on the
> latest ins and outs of MythTV hardware.  If anybody has the time to take a
> quick look at this
> http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/ss56g.html and let me
> know if they see any "gotchas" with running Myth on this system.  Will Myth
> run with that video chipset?  If I can get by with that for playing DVDs
> then I would.  In the future if I wanted to go to HDTV do you think the
> addition of an XvMC card would be sufficient?
>
> I'm sure everybody here is quite busy but, as I said, if anybody has the
> time to take a quick look and comment I would very much appreciate it.
>
> --
> Mike
>

It will likely play DVD's, but there is not CPU, it's a barebones
system.  But, I assume you'll get something more than a 500mhz Celeron
in that (actually, you probably can't fit a 500 in the socket...).  As
for much else I wouldn't hold my breath.  The graphics are probably
going to be "ok" at best.  But if you get a powerful enough CPU, you
may be able to do HD playback through software (no xvmc necessary).

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