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Users / Help determine my min requirements
« on: May 28, 2009, 05:21:22 am »
Ok, may last post was I was a bit too hopeful. Perhaps someone could help identify some of the requirements I should be looking for?
Both of my TVs support 1080i. My cable provider gives me up to 1080 depending on channel. Output from by cable boxes can be component or hdmi, but not mixed (ie, if i use hdmi for video, i have to use it for sound too).
I would like to be able to record tv in 1080i, as well as play them back in 1080i.. I would be fine if playback was 720, as long as it doesn't look all goofed up.
I believe I will need to pick an nvidia 7xxx or 8xxx to get vdpau support. (I know linuxmce does not support this, but i'll give it a shot, but i'm not counting on it.)
Until vdpau is supported, Im lost as to what CPU i should be looking for. Looking around i haven't seen a cpu that i can use for 1080i.. I hope im misunderstanding something.
I also have a lot of trouble finding a mini-itx system that has what i need with an optical spdif. Does anyone know if digital coax is becoming a standard over optical? If that were the case, I would woudn't mind getting getting a system that does not have optical.
Both of my TVs support 1080i. My cable provider gives me up to 1080 depending on channel. Output from by cable boxes can be component or hdmi, but not mixed (ie, if i use hdmi for video, i have to use it for sound too).
I would like to be able to record tv in 1080i, as well as play them back in 1080i.. I would be fine if playback was 720, as long as it doesn't look all goofed up.
I believe I will need to pick an nvidia 7xxx or 8xxx to get vdpau support. (I know linuxmce does not support this, but i'll give it a shot, but i'm not counting on it.)
Until vdpau is supported, Im lost as to what CPU i should be looking for. Looking around i haven't seen a cpu that i can use for 1080i.. I hope im misunderstanding something.
I also have a lot of trouble finding a mini-itx system that has what i need with an optical spdif. Does anyone know if digital coax is becoming a standard over optical? If that were the case, I would woudn't mind getting getting a system that does not have optical.