Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:14:13 -0600 Doug Hall wrote: > On 11/15/05, Josh Burks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Anybody know anything about this? It says it runs uClinux... > > > > > > > >http://www.pcmicrostore.com/partdetail.aspx?q=p:10503269&SSAID=137667 > > Go back to this site and read the

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

Jules Bean wrote: Michael T. Dean wrote: I've seen a "review" saying that it is possible with the dual 2.0GHz+ PowerMac G5's (although the review simply took Apple's word for it), but impossible with available x86-based CPU's ( http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25057 ). So, when Apple rel

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

Michael T. Dean wrote: I've seen a "review" saying that it is possible with the dual 2.0GHz+ PowerMac G5's (although the review simply took Apple's word for it), but impossible with available x86-based CPU's ( http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25057 ). So, when Apple releases their new Mac

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

Jules Bean wrote: Michael T. Dean wrote: *Actually, they'll probably get dedicated H.264 decoders, which will be much cheaper than Athlon X2 4800+ processors. The 4800+ should come close to being able to decode 1080i60 ([EMAIL PROTECTED] frames/sec (60 fields/sec)) in software in real-time,

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

Michael T. Dean wrote: *Actually, they'll probably get dedicated H.264 decoders, which will be much cheaper than Athlon X2 4800+ processors. The 4800+ should come close to being able to decode 1080i60 ([EMAIL PROTECTED] frames/sec (60 fields/sec)) in software in real-time, although I still do

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

On Thursday 17 November 2005 10:39, Michael T. Dean wrote: > Steve Adeff wrote: > >On Wednesday 16 November 2005 03:23, Rudy Zijlstra wrote: > >>Michael T. Dean wrote: > >>>Rudy Zijlstra wrote: > It does not support MPEG4 H.264 which will be used for broadcasting > in Europe, and most likel

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

Steve Adeff wrote: On Wednesday 16 November 2005 03:23, Rudy Zijlstra wrote: Michael T. Dean wrote: Rudy Zijlstra wrote: It does not support MPEG4 H.264 which will be used for broadcasting in Europe, and most likely also China. Are they using H.264 for high-definition

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

On Wednesday 16 November 2005 03:23, Rudy Zijlstra wrote: > Michael T. Dean wrote: > > Rudy Zijlstra wrote: > >> It does not support MPEG4 H.264 which will be used for broadcasting > >> in Europe, and most likely also China. > > > > Are they using H.264 for high-definition stuff? If so, a lot of >

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

Michael T. Dean wrote: Rudy Zijlstra wrote: It does not support MPEG4 H.264 which will be used for broadcasting in Europe, and most likely also China. Are they using H.264 for high-definition stuff? If so, a lot of European MythTV users are going to have to spend a whole lot of money on

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

Rudy Zijlstra wrote: It does not support MPEG4 H.264 which will be used for broadcasting in Europe, and most likely also China. Are they using H.264 for high-definition stuff? If so, a lot of European MythTV users are going to have to spend a whole lot of money on processors... Mike

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

On 11/15/05, Josh Burks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Anybody know anything about this? It says it runs uClinux... > > > > > >http://www.pcmicrostore.com/partdetail.aspx?q=p:10503269&SSAID=137667 Go back to this site and read the Customer Review. :-(

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

It cetainly is somewhat of a baffling product.  I'd actually love to use one on my desk with a dual monitor setup.  If it supports simultaneous disk use and video playback, you could probably use its harddrive as a /video partition, and use its playback hardware for watching video on one monitor

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

Devan Lippman wrote: On 11/15/05, *Josh Burks* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: On 11/15/05, Tom Lichti <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > Joseph A. Caputo wrote: > > >Anybody know anything about this? It says it runs uClinux...

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

On Tuesday 15 November 2005 15:55, Devan Lippman wrote: > On 11/15/05, Josh Burks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 11/15/05, Tom Lichti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Joseph A. Caputo wrote: > > > > > > >Anybody know anything about this? It says it runs uClinux... > > > > > > > >http://www.

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

On 11/15/05, Josh Burks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 11/15/05, Tom Lichti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joseph A. Caputo wrote:>> >Anybody know anything about this?  It says it runs uClinux...> >> > http://www.pcmicrostore.com/partdetail.aspx?q=p:10503269&SSAID=137667> >> >> No network interface i

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

On 11/15/05, Tom Lichti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joseph A. Caputo wrote: > > >Anybody know anything about this? It says it runs uClinux... > > > >http://www.pcmicrostore.com/partdetail.aspx?q=p:10503269&SSAID=137667 > > > > > No network interface is a big downside. If someone hacked the firmwa

Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

Joseph A. Caputo wrote: Anybody know anything about this? It says it runs uClinux... http://www.pcmicrostore.com/partdetail.aspx?q=p:10503269&SSAID=137667 No network interface is a big downside. If someone hacked the firmware to allow USB based NIC's, it could work. Plus it doesn't come wi

[mythtv-users] Interesting potential lightweight frontend

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