Re: [Freevo-users] [Freevo-devel] Please Read: Making Python 2.5 a requirement

2009-01-25 Thread Stephen Rowles
Jason Tackaberry wrote: We're moving into the HD era. You need a more capable system to play HD content. If HD content doesn't interest you and UI eye candy, Freevo 1.x will continue to be available for as long as Duncan is motivated to work on it. Supporting older hardware is a pain with

Re: [Freevo-users] Please Read: Making Python 2.5 a requirement

2009-01-25 Thread Dirk Meyer
Jason Tackaberry wrote: On Sat, 2009-01-24 at 23:00 +, Andrew Flegg wrote: A $40 PCI card, which'll fit a low (CPU-)power Mini-ITX machine in a small case with room for only one or two PCI cards? PCI? No. If you have no free PCI-express slot, then clearly you can't upgrade easily.

Re: [Freevo-users] [Freevo-devel] Please Read: M aking Python 2.5 a requirement

2009-01-25 Thread liz dodd
On Sunday 25 January 2009 8:05:09 pm Stephen Rowles wrote: Now I have a VERY low profile case (40mm hight clearance internally) and only space for 1 card... now as that slot will probably be a 2 tuner tv card, my new tv tuner is just an oversized usb stick in size and is no trouble out of the

Re: [Freevo-users] Please Read: Making Python 2.5 a requirement

2009-01-25 Thread Dirk Meyer
Stephen Rowles wrote: I was thinking about one of the new Atom 330 (dual core) motherboards as these are supposed to be able to handle 720p and some 1080p content with the latest playback drivers, but the graphics card is a very old GMA 950, would you expect that sort of system to cope with

Re: [Freevo-users] Please Read: Making Python 2.5 a requirement

2009-01-25 Thread Dirk Meyer
Morten Lied Johansen wrote: Dirk Meyer wrote: Morten Lied Johansen wrote: I'm running Freevo using FB (uvesafb I think, been a while since I checked the actual config), simply because I couldn't figure out how to configure it any other way (and get it to work). :) What gfx card to you

Re: [Freevo-users] Please Read: Making Python 2.5 a requirement

2009-01-25 Thread Dirk Meyer
liz dodd wrote: On Sunday 25 January 2009 8:05:09 pm Stephen Rowles wrote: Now I have a VERY low profile case (40mm hight clearance internally) and only space for 1 card... now as that slot will probably be a 2 tuner tv card, my new tv tuner is just an oversized usb stick in size and is no

Re: [Freevo-users] Please Read: Making Python 2.5 a requirement

2009-01-25 Thread Morten Lied Johansen
Dirk Meyer wrote: Morten Lied Johansen wrote: Dirk Meyer wrote: Morten Lied Johansen wrote: I'm running Freevo using FB (uvesafb I think, been a while since I checked the actual config), simply because I couldn't figure out how to configure it any other way (and get it to work). :) What gfx

Re: [Freevo-users] Please Read: Making Python 2.5 a requirement

2009-01-25 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 10:52 +0100, Dirk Meyer wrote: I guess so. There are four choices: Only three. 2. You have a gfx card that does not support hardware colorspace conversion and has no shader support in the GPU. That means we have to do the colorspace conversion in the CPU.

Re: [Freevo-users] Please Read: Making Python 2.5 a requirement

2009-01-25 Thread Dirk Meyer
Jason Tackaberry wrote: On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 10:52 +0100, Dirk Meyer wrote: I guess so. There are four choices: Only three. 2. You have a gfx card that does not support hardware colorspace conversion and has no shader support in the GPU. That means we have to do the colorspace

Re: [Freevo-users] Please Read: Making Python 2.5 a requirement

2009-01-25 Thread liz dodd
On Monday 26 January 2009 8:54:08 am Stephen Rowles wrote: Or should I be looking for a more modern intel graphics chipset? Or possible a bigger case so I can fit a cheap nvidia card in there? Or as other people suggested, USB attached TV reception? tbh I'm not sure a bigger case in the lounge

[Freevo-users] Hardware for Freevo 2 (was: Please Read: Making Python 2.5 a requirement)

2009-01-25 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 21:54 +, Stephen Rowles wrote: I was uncertain with the replies, is a GMA950 good enough for Freevo 2? Theoretically yes, provided your CPU is fast enough. (Tentatively, I would recommend at least a Core 2 duo at 2.6GHz, although 3.0GHz might be safer when it comes to