Well, I've tried installing video drivers for both Linux and Windows XP and have not had any success with either. As a result of this, video is a little sloppy and it is sluggish. I've tried all different versions of drivers both from CD and website.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick EvilPlatypus Londema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:26 PM Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo on an EPIA-M 10000 > Not to want to break a deal here, but i'm just curious why you want to > sell it after just 2 weeks? I have the previous EPIA-M 1000 and am > actually already quite happy with that. DivX even played on the 800 and > this model has no troubles I notived. > > I'll also try and answer some questions Olly posed , it's all from own > experience though: > > 1. The support and Xine really do help. I found it a little messy to set > up, but it is worth it. DVDs get the most from the "upgrade". > > 2. It's not the best in the world. that's the honest thing to say. It's > a lot better than the previous EPIA boards though and it's never > irritated anyone that watched a movie here yet. > > 3. Never tried, my cable is so bad that I can only get the card to > detect 3 channels well enough to watch and I got rid of it (and plan to > switch to sat, anyone got any tips for a system?? (for mainland Europe)) > > 4. Don't have a 5.1 system yet My guess would be you're out of luck, but > maybe the new model does have a seperate auddio in on the board? (you > could look some wire into the case then) > > Hope that helps, if only a bit, > > Patrick > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 05:26:13PM -0700, skeeterskip wrote: > > You can buy mine from me if you want. I have the latest EPIA-M 1000 with > > Sereniti 2000 mini-itx case. I have had it for about 2weeks. Let me know if > > interested. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Oliver Maunder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 3:44 PM > > Subject: [Freevo-users] Freevo on an EPIA-M 10000 > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I'm new to the list - so sorry if this is a FAQ. > > > > > > I'm thinking of setting up a mini-itx system to run Freevo on. I'm sure > > > other people on the list have done the same thing, so I'm after some tips. > > > > > > I'm looking at using the EPIA-M 1GHz board. I'll be mostly playing CDs, > > > MP3s, DVDs and DivXs. So, on to the questions... > > > > > > 1) How is the video performance playing DVDs and DivXs? I've heard that > > > there's now a driver for the MPEG2 decoder, and an optimised version of > > > Xine around. Has anyone used these, and do they help? > > > > > > 2) What's the TV-Out quality like? > > > > > > 3) TV recording/time-shifting isn't a priority, but could the 1GHz C3 > > > cope with it? Has anyone got something like the WinTV PVR cards working > > > doing hardware encoding? > > > > > > 4) Sound issues. AIUI, to get 5.1 sound out, you can either use the > > > TV-Out port as an SPDIF connector, or use the headphone/mic/lin-in > > > sockets together. If I need TV-out, and I'm using a WinTV card that > > > connects to the line-in, can I still get 5.1 sound? > > > > > > Well, that should be enough questions for now. I'm pretty impressed with > > > Freevo so far. It's about 80% working on my system and I haven't even > > > read the instructions yet :-) > > > > > > Olly > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Freevo-users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Freevo-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
