Re: [mythtv-users] Current state of a HushPC frontend?
I'm currently using a Hush PC (the smaller one - not extended) with EPIA MII 12K, and a PVR 350, and have no issues with overheating. I'm using the EPIA's TV-Out, which have to say is not a clear as that of the PVR350, but then I'm not using the NoScale patches as I'm only using the released Unichrome drivers, not from CVS. If I was going to start again, I'd have front-end only in the Hush PC, and a dedicated backend elsewhere, one tuner card and one HDD seems really limiting now! Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Current state of a HushPC frontend?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Watkins writes: > Thanks James. I hadn't seen that link before, and all information is > usefull. I'm looking to take the PVR-350 out of my EPIA M1 > combined front/backend, leaving the EPIA as a front end only, and put > the 350 into a new dedicated backend along with a NOVA-T DVB card. > > I'm hoping that the Unichrome drivers will be at least as good as the > PVR350 output for mythTV, and a bit better than the 350 for mythVideo > (because more applications support XvMC output than support the 350's > hardware decoder). > > Anyone able to comment on PVR-350 vs Unichrome, for playback quality? Hmm -- I tried switching to Unichrome XvMC output instead of the PVR-350 tv-out, and quality was noticeably worse, so I switched back. This was on an ME6000, however, not M10k. I used the KnoppMyth R5A12 precompiled binaries. Specifically: - - enabling overscan resulted in several vertical blank lines on the NTSC tv out, as described here [1] (looks like it's now fixed in CVS) - - also noticeably less sharp output, with overscan on or off - - higher CPU usage, so hotter CPU. I'm trading off CPU load for fan speed, so this was also a negative for me. [1]: http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=65651&enterthread=y - --j. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh CVS iD8DBQFCf6d9MJF5cimLx9ARAmYQAKCX/u+g+oumrafLuhskZvSHwNhlwQCeMi1a 1lh2ewkFXf0coRHXt+PJLtc= =lQ6l -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Current state of a HushPC frontend?
On 09/05/05, James Stembridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/9/05, David Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you using rpm versions of the drivers, or CVS? > > Neither, deb packages of cvs from http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~mfgalizi/epia/ . > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > Thanks James. I hadn't seen that link before, and all information is usefull. I'm looking to take the PVR-350 out of my EPIA M1 combined front/backend, leaving the EPIA as a front end only, and put the 350 into a new dedicated backend along with a NOVA-T DVB card. I'm hoping that the Unichrome drivers will be at least as good as the PVR350 output for mythTV, and a bit better than the 350 for mythVideo (because more applications support XvMC output than support the 350's hardware decoder). Anyone able to comment on PVR-350 vs Unichrome, for playback quality? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Current state of a HushPC frontend?
On 5/9/05, David Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you using rpm versions of the drivers, or CVS? Neither, deb packages of cvs from http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~mfgalizi/epia/ . ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Current state of a HushPC frontend?
James wrote > I'm incredibly pleased with the s-video quality I'm getting from an > M10k. I'm using XvMC VLD decoding, bob deinterlacing and Terry > Barnaby's 720x576Noscale mode: > > http://www.kingcot.eclipse.co.uk/unichrome/unichromeTvOut.html > Are you using rpm versions of the drivers, or CVS? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Current state of a HushPC frontend?
On 5/7/05, Paul Fielding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found some stuff talking about issues using a HushPC as a frontend. The > problems that seemed to be present (at least for the Mini ITX variety) are: > > - quality of the built in S-Video out I'm incredibly pleased with the s-video quality I'm getting from an M10k. I'm using XvMC VLD decoding, bob deinterlacing and Terry Barnaby's 720x576Noscale mode: http://www.kingcot.eclipse.co.uk/unichrome/unichromeTvOut.html > - driver issues with the Mini-ITX motherboard. No issues here. James. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Current state of a HushPC frontend?
I found some stuff talking about issues using a HushPC as a frontend. The problems that seemed to be present (at least for the Mini ITX variety) are: - quality of the built in S-Video out I've tried it on an 32" LCD TV (both a Sony and a Sharp), and the quality was lousy. I then tried a VGA converter (as the Sony didn't had VGA in) - better but still ppor. Now I've got the Hush connected via VGA to the Sharp TV @1280x768. Quality is excellent for my usage. - space constraints and heat issues if throwing in a PVR-350 Don't know about that - I'm using it as a front-end only and builtin VGA out. - driver issues with the Mini-ITX motherboard. I've been running the machine for a while now, without any problems. Thoughts? If you're using a regular TV (non-LCD), results may be satisfactory. I'll be connecting a second one to a regular small-screen TV next week... Herman - Herman Kuiper - m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - w: http://www.frontier.nl Beech Ave 162 - 1119 PS Schiphol-Rijk - t/f: 020-6589034/6142816 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
