[mythtv-users] ESPN3/360 in Myth

Phil Bridges gravityhammer at gmail.com
Fri Sep 17 16:51:17 UTC 2010


On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Scott D. Davilla <davilla at 4pi.com> wrote:
>>>>  >
>>>>>
>>>>>  And it works too :)
>>>>>
>>>>>  Both YouTube and Hulu Desktop get accelerated video decode with the
>>>>>  CrystalHD card (both bcm70012 and bcm70015).
>>>>
>>>> I had different results with youtube:
>>>>
>>>> greg at ghost:/Media/ISO-Firmware$ lsmod | grep crystal
>>>> crystalhd              85225  0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sep 16 17:39:38 ghost kernel: [22591.327765] crystalhd 0000:02:00.0:
>>>> Entering chd_dec_open
>>>> Sep 16 17:39:38 ghost kernel: [22591.327769] crystalhd 0000:02:00.0:
>>>> Opening new user[0] handle
>>>> Sep 16 17:39:38 ghost kernel: [22591.661019] crystalhd 0000:02:00.0:
>>>> Entering chd_dec_close
>>>> Sep 16 17:39:38 ghost kernel: [22591.661030] crystalhd 0000:02:00.0:
>>>> Closing user[0] handle
>>>> Sep 16 17:39:38 ghost kernel: [22591.661130] no element found
>>>>
>>>> It clearly is recognized as a valid source, but quits immediately
>>>> before playback ever begins..  cpu spike to 60% as always with flash's
>>>> junk...
>>>>
>>>> Shockwave Flash
>>>> Shockwave Flash 10.2 d161
>>>>
>>>> Are you doing something different..  Im using chrome (dont have
>>>> firefox installed to test)..
>>>
>>> Default FireFox under Ubuntu 9.10.
>>
>>
>> A little off-topic for this thread, but is CrystalHD support
>> approaching the point of being a better choice for MythTV than VDPAU?
>
> I'd have to say no. Its a nice alternative for systems that for
> whatever reason can't use vdpau (like my intel graphics laptop or an
> intel graphics mac mini), but vdpau is still superior for a number of
> reasons. First and foremost, support for it is far more mature, but
> vdpau also requires less cpu (no xfer of raw video buffers from
> decoder to gpu) and does stuff on the render side, including provide a
> good array of different hardware deint filters. Ideal combo for me? A
> box with vdpau-capable graphics *and* a crystalhd. :)
>

Yeah - Newegg had the Zotac HD-ID11-U box with 2G RAM on sale today
and tomorrow for <$200 after rebate.  I can always chunk a CrystalHD
card in it later for a minimal cost.


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