[mythtv-users] EPIA-P720 Pico ITX Motherboard

[Nick Rout]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Blammo <blammo.doh at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.slashgear.com/via-unveils-epia-p720-pico-itx-mainboard-supporting-h-264-1556696/
>
> QUOTE: "The board is called the EPIA-P720 Pico-ITX mainboard and it
> uses the latest VIA VX855 media system processor. The processor allows
> the small system to play H.264 video at full HD resolution. The device
> provides hardware acceleration for VC1, WMV9, MPEG 2/4, and H.264
> codecs.
>
> The board measures 10cm x 7.2cm and uses the fanless VIA Eden ULV
> processor. The system supports up to 2GB of RAM and requires no fan.
> The device also has HDMI out, a VGA port, and a pair of USB ports"
>
>
> this looks like the perfect little core to a frontend...  Any thoughts
> as to Linux accel video playback?

My thoughts? VIA only plays lip service to linux, its open source
efforts have been abysmal. Avoid.