[mythtv-users] Hardware plans

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Wed Apr 14 20:40:25 UTC 2010


On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 02:20:36PM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 April 2010 02:00:05 pm Gordon McCrae wrote:
> > On 14/04/10 20:47, jedi wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:07:27AM -0700, Paul Bender wrote:
> > >> On 4/14/2010 12:00 AM, Nick Rout wrote:
> > >>> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Paul Bender<pebender at san.rr.com>  
> wrote:
> > >>>> On 4/13/2010 8:15 PM, kyle polich wrote:
> > >>>>> I have been researching Myth and the right hardware set up for a
> > >>>>> little while and I believe I can now make an informed purchase, but I
> > >>>>> wanted to put my thoughts out there to the community to see if there
> > >>>>> were any flaws in my design or perhaps better advice.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I want this machine to function as my DVR and media center.  Since it
> > >>>>> will be in the living room, I'd like something with a nice form
> > >>>>> factor.  I believe the Meerkat ION (with a few upgrades) from
> > >>>>> System76 is an ideal piece of hardware for a fair price.  Anyone
> > >>>>> running such a set up now?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Any counter-proposals on what I might want to buy?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> As you have not specified the format or resolution of the content that
> > >>>> you will be playing, it is not possible to decide whether the ION
> > >>>> hardware decoding is sufficient or whether you need either ION 2
> > >>>> hardware decoding or software decoding.
> > >>
> > >> DivX and MPEG4 part 2 require feature set C, which the current ION
> > >> does not have.
> > >
> > >     The Atom can handle SD divx. It will probably not be able to handle
> > > divx in HD though.
[deletia]
> > I understand that if no-one has tried a brand new device, or it's not
> > out yet, then it's perfectly valid for us all to speculate, offer
> > suggestions, or opinions on whether or not something should or shouldn't
> > work, however in the face of so many people actually having bought the
> > kit in question, I don't understand why some folks still insist on
> > saying it shouldn't work.

    A Revo struggles to do divx in SD (but manages to squeak by).

    You don't need to do a MythBusters style test to see where that's going.

> > 
> > Just my 2p.
> 
> My own 2p is: My Revo works :-)
> 
> I agree with you in the main, but it does make sense to point out when 
> something is "unsupported". There is a difference between "works" and 
> "supported".
> 
> But I guess in the case of the Revo, nothing running under Linux is 
> technically "supported" by Acer.
> 
> There are certainly enough owners of Revos and other ION devices on this list 
> that we should be able to get pretty reliable information, and I think we 
> have.



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