jedi at mishnet
Jul 2, 2009, 8:25 AM
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Re: The $99 frontend is here. Is this too good to be true?
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On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 10:33:40AM -0400, Philip Nourse wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:43:24 -0500, Nick F <nikos.f [at] gmail> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Jarod Wilson<jarod [at] wilsonet> wrote:
> >> Moral of the story: VDPAU still development code, and not a magic
> >> bullet (yet). Don't expect miracles. Play with fire, get burned. Etc.
> >>
> >> /me really needs to replace his D945GCLF2 w/an Atom 330 Ion or
> >> something and find out what he's really missing...
> >
> > No need to throw out the D945GCLF2 Atom board just yet. I added a
> > Sparkle 8400GS PCI card to mine, and now it plays back with all the
> > VDPAU goodness I could expect. I also have an ION board in another
> > frontend, and there's not a lot of difference between the two
> > machines. Both handle Bluray playback just fine, and 1080i looks
> > good. So - a $40 upgrade will get you almost all of the way. As an
> > aside, using JY's (unofficial, unsupported, caveat emptor, caveat
> > mythtor) fixes backport things have been surprisingly stable for me -
> > DVD playback included.
> >
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187041
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> Am I missing something? How are you playing back blu-ray on a myth box? I
> thought you couldn't play back blue-ray in linux.
You rip it first. It's just like playing a DVD ISO image or VOB file.
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