Right now, I use a C3 + CLE266 for Myth with SDTV. In addition, I am testing a C3 + CN400 for Myth with HDTV. Both systems are diskless and fanless.
MythTV menu navigation is very responsive. Visualizations in MythMusic are slow, so I disable them. Image scaling and rendering in MythGallery is sluggish.
Paired with the CLE266, the C3 has no problem playing back SDTV recordings. Paired with the CN400, C3 has no problem playing back HDTV recordings, but the drivers are still experimental. This is because the CLE266 and the CN400 are doing all hard MPEG2 decoding work.
Hi Paul,
I am also debating the way forward with regard to small, quiet myth frontends. I am wanting to build for HDTV
I have been looking at Dell GX270's small desktop case (P4, low profile AGP, 2x PCI, 1GB onboard, but no digital sound onboard), so here it is a lot of grunt and heat (P4 + 5200 AGP) to decode HDTV
I would rather go the diskless, fanless, suave way. What board are you running with the CN400 chipset?
Does it have 1GB n/w (I guess it must for HDTV?), digital out (coaxial or optical) that works with Linux.
What method n/w booting ru using? and with what dist
Finally how stable is the experimental CN400 driver .... WAF stable or techie stable or bleeding edge stable! (aka unstable)
Thanks a lot Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
