[mythtv-users] BBC HD (1080) h.264 / AVC playback

[Tim Small]

Stroller wrote:
> On 19 Feb 2007, at 21:01, Tim Small wrote:
>   
>> I don't like non-free drivers, and won't use them if I can avoid it  
>> - as
>> a result, I'll only consider buying NVidia hardware when they release
>> full specs.
>>     
>
> Hear, hear!
>
> I'm hoping to use Intel graphics when I build my MythTV box in the  
> next few weeks.
>   

The Intel hardware is also - as far as I know - a *lot* lower power than 
the Nvidia stuff (particularly for the 945GM chipset - 7 watts max TDP 
for the GMCH - when driving 2 channels of DDR2-667, with the internal 
graphics running at 250MHz).

There is some info on the Intel drivers here:

http://intellinuxgraphics.org


Cheers,

Tim.