So which machine is downscaling ? frontend or backend ? My backend is going to be a sempron 3000+. Since I dont need much horsepower in the backend, I guess a sempron 3000+ should be ok (as per tomshardware.com mega cpu list, the sempron 3000+ is about 5-10% slower than athlon xp 3000+ for audio/video encoding purposes).
My present frontend is going to be a sempron 2600+ box, with geforce mx440 with svideo out. This is a temp solution. My permanent frontend for the analog TV will be the media mvp (if I can get it to work). The media mvp has builtin mpeg decoder with svideo out. My main issue is if I watch HD recorded/live on analog TV, how much horsepower do I need to downres (and where ? front or back ?) Thanks Mudit On 5/9/05, Mario Limonciello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My wonder is this downscaling of the HD, can a lower power machine > play these HD recordings after the downscaling? So i guess the better > question is - which takes more power > > Downscaling to 800x600 or 1024x768 > or > Outputing at 720p or 1080i > > On 5/9/05, Joshua M. Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 12:19 -0700, Mudit Wahal wrote: > > > I'm building a backend where I'm going to put one HD3000 card. My > > > frontend is still up in the air (several variables). In the meantime, > > > I still want to connect a basic frontend with tv-out (svideo) to > > > analog TV. > > > > > > Will I be able to play the programs recorded in HD in the backend on > > > an analog TV (connected via a frontend-svideo) ? > > > > > > Any gotachs/magic incantations/etc I need to do at the backend so the > > > transition from the HD recorded(or live) plays fine on analong > > > frontend ? > > > > I have that exact setup at my house. My main frontend downstairs is a P4 > > 3.06 that is also the master backend, and has a ivtv card connected to > > my Dish receiver for watching satellite channels. It is connected with > > svideo+spdif to my AV receiver and TV. Upstairs I have another > > front/backend combo with the pcHDTV in it that records OTA HDTV using my > > attic antenna (though sadly it's not fast enough to watch HD). Even on > > my 10 year old trinitron TV the HDTV recordings are still very > > noticeably better than anything I ever got even directly off my sat > > receiver, let alone through the capture card. > > > > I often sit in my home office and watch the HDTV recordings on my Linux > > workstation, because once you've watched real HD it's hard to go back. > > Hell even Family Guy looks better in HD! :) > > > > The only annoyance I've found so far is that some stations like to > > transmit 4:3 programs in a 16:9 signal with black bars and I'll have to > > manually adjust the aspect ratio on those to make it fill the screen. On > > the bright side, my local Fox station does this sometimes but keeps the > > Fox network logo off in the right hand side bar, so it doesn't obscure > > the video at all. :) > > > > -- > > Joshua M. Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users