Op Di, 25 november, 2008 03:59, schreef VDR User: > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Nicolas Huillard <nicolas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> It's still good news to know that open-source software allowing current >> fanless integrated motherboards to decode HDTV at ~10% CPU is on its >> way... >> >> Going from 87% of 2 cores, to ~10% of an entry level CPU is good, >> specially when the load is taken care of by existing chips. > I agree on that point. I would rather have ~10% or ~20% then the regular 57% per core on my Core 2 Quad system when I view H264 channels of my provider. > Yes, I agree. Just pointing out that you certainly do not need a quad > core, that's all. Also, the price of the cpu is the same whether > you're using 87% or 10% of it. ;) The point is you can already have > cheap HDTV without using the new Nvidia api. > Well, in my case I do. When I view BBCHD, ArteHD, AnixeHD or the AstraHD channels I don't encounter many problems. Image is clear and no stutter. But as soon as I watch the 1080i/H264 channels of my provider (Canal Digitaal) on Astra 23.5e, I have major stuttering. BravaTV in HD doesn't have much problems, but NGC HD and Discovery HD is an other matter. My Core 2 Duo just couldn't handle it with FFMPeg and Xine-lib 1.2. But since I've put in a Core 2 Quad, I'm able to watch those channels even with fast moving images :) >> I'd like to have full-HDTV on a single x86 mini-ITX board. I'm now >> seeing this will happen soon enough, and I'll wait until then before I >> spend money on new hardware. > > Yes it's nice! My goal is diskless, fanless, low power consumption > dedicated HDTV box. Very small, very low cost! > I again agree :) I would like an additional HDTV box in my bedroom. It needs to have the options you wrote. But I don't want a Popcorn or some other kind of device. I want the option to enhance it myself (flexability) so I'm waiting desperately for GPU based decoding of H264 and VC-1 transport streams :) Niels Wagenaar _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
