[mythtv-users] ION Platform with case

[jedi]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 01:49:15PM -0400, Phill Wiggin wrote:
> > >      If I go out of my way to push the system, the N330 falls over
> > before
> > > > the ATV will. Raw core speed is about on par between the N330 and the
> > ATV
> > > > but the N300 has what appears to be 4 cores. Dunno how that works out
> > with
> > > > the hyperthreading and something that could take advantage of it. I
> > would
> > > > not expect myth to take advantage of the "4 cores" but I could be
> > wrong.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I'm curious as to what you mean by "falls over".  My ION has been 100%
> >
> >      The non-vdpau decoder can't keep up. I have seen this with high
> > bitrate
> > DVD MPEG2 and with aggressively transcoded SD h264 content. It stutters,
> > stops
> > and drops frames.
> >
> 
> 
> I have only used the ION to plaly back 720p/1080i recordings from my HDHR
> off of clear QAM Comcast.  For such recordings, the ION is fantastic.  I
> haven't tried anything more stressful.
> 
> Thanks for the info!

    It's still pretty early yet. I expect that once vdpau support gets
sorted out in MythTV and all of the other tools that it will be the bee's
knees. It's just not something you would want to run a commflagging job on.