[mythtv-users] Minimum cpu required for VDPAU/HD?

[Brian Wood]

On Saturday 14 November 2009 10:01:56 Mark wrote:

>
> Hmm.  I didn't notice the VIA chipset on the boards anywhere.  One of
> them has a Geode proc and I'm pretty sure
> that's way too underpowered.  One looks like Ezra or Nehemiah.  800mhz.
> I am a bit worried I won't be able to
> get much memory onboard, and I forgot I still need to decode mp3 audio
> locally.  that might be a bit of a bottleneck.

I don't know what models you have, I based my VIA comment on:

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=neoware+thin+client&oe=utf-8&rls=org.debian:en-US:unofficial&client=iceweasel-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=7015518681236215720&ei=tsf-SsehDZDUtgOF6uCHCw&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CB0Q8wIwAw&os=tech-specs

Some of the newer VIA stuff seems a lot better than their older stuff. I have 
a few thin clients from ThinLabs that use the VIA CPUs and UniChromePro 
video. I can use the UniChrome for MPEG2, but nothing else.

The Via AAEON technology looks interesting, there seems ot be a lot of 
competition on the SBC or SOC designs that can decode HD video.

I agree using thin clients is a great way to provide computing for multiple 
users in a home, saves power and money, and with gigabit ethernet it's as 
fast as local machines.


>
> I bought these to setup a thin client network for the kids, but bought
> more than I needed, and one look at the power usage
> told me it might make a nice frontend.  we'll see what they look like
> when I get them running.
>
> I've not seen any thin clients that use a pci-e mini slot yet.  I'll
> keep looking though.
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