[mythtv-users] Zotac ID80 w/ Nvidia GT 520M

Thu Mar 15 03:36:06 UTC 2012

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Anthony Giggins
<seven at seven.dorksville.net> wrote:
> On 13 March 2012 13:50, Andrew McCauley <ajmccauley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Mark Lord <mythtv at rtr.ca> wrote:
>>> On 12-03-12 03:35 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
>>> > On 12 March 2012 14:13, jk90090 <jk90090 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Zotac-ZBOX-ID80-Plus-Mini-PC-Review/
>>> >>
>>> >> Looks very interesting, but I see the 520 (not specifically the 520M)
>>> >> can't handle Advanced 2x in HD.
>>> >
>>> > This has been long discussed...
>>> > The 520 is like the 210 or 320 low-end nvidia cards, they don't do
>>> > advanced 2X deinterlacing.
>>>
>>> Too big a brush.
>>>
>>> The GT218 chip in the predecessors to this latest ZBOX
>>> do handle Advanced/2X on 1920x1080i ATSC content just fine.
>>> As well as everything else I'v thrown at them.
>>>
>>> Specifically, the ZBOX HD-ID11U and ZBOX HD-ID41U.
>>> Two great little Mythtv boxes, either as a combined FE/BE, or FE-only system.
>>>
>>> This latest ZBOX HD-ID80 system remains to be tested with Mythtv,
>>> but is unlikely to do any worse than its ancestors.
>>>
>> I also have the ZBOX HD-ID31DVD-PLUS that I picked up from Newegg last month for 220 USD on a rebate.
>>
>> Running mythbuntu as a FE, it does Advanced/2X on 1920x1080i ATSC with no noticeable difference to my I3 gt430 combined FE/BE.  The box is running quite well.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>
> Hi Andrew can advise if the PSU for this is 110V-240V on only straight 110V?

The retail packaging does not specify but the PCU reads 110-240V 50-60hz.

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On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
>
> On Thursday, 15 March 2012, Mark Lord <mythtv at rtr.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>> As I've repeated several times here now, the GT218 GPU
>> found in the Zotac ZBOX HD-ID11 and HD-ID-41 does indeed
>> handle 1920x1080i ATSC content with Advanced/2X deinterlacing
>> without jerks or pauses.
>>
>
> Id be interested to see the output from vdpautest..

To give a bit of clarification, I am viewing 1080i ATSC content from
OTA broadcast in the US (Dallas, TX).  I have.24-fixes on a clean
Mythbuntu install using the mythtv frontend and the Mythbuntu theme.
I am using a Hauppauge 950Q and 1200 to capture the content.

After figuring out that I have to have the vdpau headers installed to
compile vdpautest (that should have been obvious but took me 30 minute
to troubleshoot)  I was able to run vdpautest and on my ION2 FE (ZBOX
HD-ID31DVD-PLUS mentioned above):
Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D525   @ 1.80GHz
NVIDIA GPU ION (GT218) at PCI:3:0:0 (GPU-0)

VDPAU API version : 1
VDPAU implementation : NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared Library  280.13  Wed
Jul 27 17:15:20 PDT 2011

SURFACE GET BITS: 193.528 M/s
SURFACE PUT BITS: 161.705 M/s

MPEG DECODING (1920x1080): 68 frames/s
MPEG DECODING (1280x720): 160 frames/s
H264 DECODING (1920x1080): 62 frames/s
H264 DECODING (1280x720): 136 frames/s
VC1 DECODING (1440x1080): 83 frames/s
MPEG4 DECODING (1920x1080): 67 frames/s

MIXER WEAVE (1920x1080): 480 frames/s
MIXER BOB (1920x1080): 672 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL (1920x1080): 190 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL + IVTC (1920x1080): 121 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL + SKIP_CHROMA (1920x1080): 253 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL_SPATIAL (1920x1080): 65 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL_SPATIAL + IVTC (1920x1080): 53 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL_SPATIAL + SKIP_CHROMA (1920x1080): 72 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL_SPATIAL (720x576 video to 1920x1080 display): 230 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL_SPATIAL + HQSCALING (720x576 video to 1920x1080
display): 120 fields/s

MULTITHREADED MPEG DECODING (1920x1080): 70 frames/s
MULTITHREADED MIXER TEMPORAL (1920x1080): 166 fields/s

I also ran it on my I3/Asus ENGT430 FE/BE:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU         540  @ 3.07GHz
NVIDIA GPU GeForce GT 430 (GF108) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)

VDPAU API version : 1
VDPAU implementation : NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared Library  280.13  Wed
Jul 27 17:15:20 PDT 2011

SURFACE GET BITS: 374.492 M/s
SURFACE PUT BITS: 325.248 M/s

MPEG DECODING (1920x1080): 96 frames/s
MPEG DECODING (1280x720): 234 frames/s
H264 DECODING (1920x1080): 61 frames/s
H264 DECODING (1280x720): 135 frames/s
VC1 DECODING (1440x1080): 83 frames/s
MPEG4 DECODING (1920x1080): 67 frames/s

MIXER WEAVE (1920x1080): 233 frames/s
MIXER BOB (1920x1080): 330 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL (1920x1080): 148 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL + IVTC (1920x1080): 124 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL + SKIP_CHROMA (1920x1080): 186 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL_SPATIAL (1920x1080): 76 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL_SPATIAL + IVTC (1920x1080): 67 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL_SPATIAL + SKIP_CHROMA (1920x1080): 85 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL_SPATIAL (720x576 video to 1920x1080 display): 222 fields/s
MIXER TEMPORAL_SPATIAL + HQSCALING (720x576 video to 1920x1080
display): 145 fields/s

MULTITHREADED MPEG DECODING (1920x1080): 106 frames/s
MULTITHREADED MIXER TEMPORAL (1920x1080): 138 fields/s