Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle vs. Panda vs. Raspberry on Gentoo

2012-11-23 Thread Grant
> > > That's too bad. I thought the GPU on at least some of these boards > > > was capable of smooth 1080p playback. The Pandaboard ES claims "Full > > > HD (1080p) multi-standard video encode/decode" but I suppose that > > > doesn't mean it's stutter-free. > > > > > > http://pandaboard.org/conte

Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle vs. Panda vs. Raspberry on Gentoo

2012-11-22 Thread Grant
> > That's too bad. I thought the GPU on at least some of these boards > > was capable of smooth 1080p playback. The Pandaboard ES claims "Full > > HD (1080p) multi-standard video encode/decode" but I suppose that > > doesn't mean it's stutter-free. > > > > http://pandaboard.org/content/pandaboar

Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle vs. Panda vs. Raspberry on Gentoo

2012-11-22 Thread Grant
> > I have a Raspberry Pi, and doing what it was designed to do is > > something it is very good at. It was designed to teach kids how to > > program. It was not designed to play full HD video. > > I'm interested to know whether it would be good as a network appliance. > Specifically, a NAT gateway

Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle vs. Panda vs. Raspberry on Gentoo

2012-11-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 17 November 2012 20:03:04 Alan McKinnon wrote: > I have a Raspberry Pi, and doing what it was designed to do is > something it is very good at. It was designed to teach kids how to > program. It was not designed to play full HD video. I'm interested to know whether it would be good as

Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle vs. Panda vs. Raspberry on Gentoo

2012-11-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 12:43:38 -0800 Grant wrote: > > > Which of these would be the best choice for Gentoo? I have a > > > Beaglebone but now I'm looking for something with video for HD > > > playback. > > > > > > - Grant > > > > I'd say none of them (yet). > > > > It doesn't matter what other fea

Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle vs. Panda vs. Raspberry on Gentoo

2012-11-17 Thread Grant
> > Which of these would be the best choice for Gentoo? I have a > > Beaglebone but now I'm looking for something with video for HD > > playback. > > > > - Grant > > I'd say none of them (yet). > > It doesn't matter what other features in the form of fancy IO and neat > circuitry is put on such bo

Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle vs. Panda vs. Raspberry on Gentoo

2012-11-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 10:59:28 -0800 Grant wrote: > Which of these would be the best choice for Gentoo? I have a > Beaglebone but now I'm looking for something with video for HD > playback. > > - Grant I'd say none of them (yet). It doesn't matter what other features in the form of fancy IO and