[mythtv-users] Neuros OSD 2.0 could make a good FE or BE for $250

[Travis Tabbal]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Johnny Russ <jruss at mit.edu> wrote:

> I saw this announcement for the Neuros OSD 2.0 (Open Source Device):
> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9949081537.html. It only cost $250 I
> believe and it can record from analog to 720p and can upscale to 1080i. It
> has a TI DSP with open source drivers. Does anybody see any problems with
> getting MythTV onto one of these? At $250 this could be a great setup.
>


At $250, I'd be interested in using it as a frontend.  They say it can
decode MP4/H264 at 720p/1080i which is as good as my system can handle
anyway. Of course, some internet content is 1080p. It would be nice if it
could play it back but downscale it to 720p if needed. I'm a little
concerned as some hardware based decoders are picky about the files they
will decode properly. I'd want to see it used in real life with nutty files
and get decent playback. Can't ask for perfection from bad data, but not
crashing and playing what it can would be nice. If the drivers for the DSP
are really OSS, then it should be fixable by people that are better than me
at such things. :)

No Gigabit. Streaming is fine at 100Mbps, but if I put an HD in there it
would be nice to be able to move large HD files to/from it quicker. Not a
big issue, but one to be aware of.

I wonder if it can take a DVD-ROM (or burner). That has some potential. The
analog encoder for 720p would be nice as well. MP4 only, no H264 HD
encoding. I don't really have a use for this feature at the moment, but it's
nice to have available.
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