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Atom+ION+Linux = HTPC?
vuzedome:
That bigbuckbunny screen shot is nothing.
It does not show the more important technical stuff, what you want to see is the stats for the playback, real-time fps, frame drops and jitters and stuff.
The real shit comes in when you're doing videos with soft subs.
Yes, the ION is capable of decoding 1080p H264 with high bitrates, but.... we're on an anime tracker forums after all, so, soft subs, they're the real test, rendering at real time and not pre-buffered.
costi:
@Lupin: I did some googling and you're right: VIA has the EPIA P720, advertised as being capable of smooth 1080p playback.
Link: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/embedded/ProductDetail.jsp?productLine=1&id=950&tabs=1
It's an interesting concept, but I wonder how's the software support for this thing. Being able to decode 1080p is one thing, but getting the software to actually use that power is another. Also, audio support is a mystery, VIA only mentions DTS, but there is no list of what codecs are supported and which aren't.
Still, you just got me thinking. :)
@vuzedome - do you know of a clip I could use to test the ION setup? I could probably ask owners of similar boards from another forum for a test, but I'd need something relatively short for that, I don't want to ask people to download multiple gigabytes.
Lupin:
I'm referring to this btw: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/embedded/artigo/a1100/index.jsp
It supports windows xp, 7 as well as linux. And it's freakin small.
vuzedome:
Just go download Thora's K-on!'s (first season) OP2.
And maybe Ef - tale of Melodies, err.... any of the OP?!(unsure, will get back to this later after checking).
costi:
--- Quote from: Lupin on July 05, 2010, 01:47:49 PM ---I'm referring to this btw: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/embedded/artigo/a1100/index.jsp
It supports windows xp, 7 as well as linux. And it's freakin small.
--- End quote ---
Nice, tho I'd rather buy the board itself, since I already have a 3.5" HDD that I want to use.
From the specs it seems the Artigo A1100 uses the Epia P820 board. I checked the only document on VIA's site that mentions supported video formats of their graphics chip and it doesn't look too great: http://www.via.com.tw/servlet/downloadSvl?id=1050&download_file_id=7221
The manual says that HDMI is 1.3 compatible, but still no word on audio formats that the board can decode.
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