[mythtv-users] Acer Revo 1600 success story

Phil Bridges gravityhammer at gmail.com
Mon Jan 18 20:32:12 UTC 2010


On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Timbo <mythtv at koomba.net> wrote:
>
> Yeah, I'm having similar issues with the HD playback. I finally got my HDHR
> at least playing live TV last night and I noticed it was choppy, presumably
> on the 1080i channels, because some were okay. I'm nearly certain I've seen
> posts say that AR1600 can easily play even 1080p content, that's why I got
> it instead of building a box based on a Zotac 330 dual core board. Getting
> it there has been a bit vague and varied based on some postings that I've
> found.
>
> Here's something I found in a newegg comment for the AR1600 of all places.
> Haven't tried it yet. Search the comments for mythTV here
> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16883103228>
>
> 1) You have to get a version of Myth (0.21 with fixes or the new 0.22) with
> the VDPAU driver built in (PackMan repo if you use OpenSUSE 11.2) 2) Buried
> in one of the sub-screens of TV playback settings, where you create the
> vdpau playback profile, is the deinterlacer setting. You must set this to
> Bob(2x,hw).
> I assume mythbuntu 9.10 satisfies #1, I'll have to look for #2, if you beat
> me to it let me know how it goes. What's your source for HD content?
>

I'm pretty sure that if you select Bob as your primary deinterlacer,
you'll be using Bob, not one of the VDPAU deinterlacers.


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