Comments on: in retrospect: picking a mini-itx board http://wonkabar.org/2009/02/25/in-retrospect-picking-a-mini-itx-board/ cornflakes, cartoons, dragons, linux, multimedia, psychology, teenagers Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Steve http://wonkabar.org/2009/02/25/in-retrospect-picking-a-mini-itx-board/#comment-659 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:18:07 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=688#comment-659 I could be wrong, of course. Plus, VDPAU development in both ffmpeg and mplayer is moving at a quick target — what didn’t work 2 days ago might work today (seriously).

I’ll have the check the article though. Thanks for the heads up.

]]> By: Andreas Nilsson http://wonkabar.org/2009/02/25/in-retrospect-picking-a-mini-itx-board/#comment-658 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:09:55 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=688#comment-658 Thanks for the heads up!

I guess I was a bit naive after reading the “NVIDIA 180.35 Driver Update Brings Changes” article on Phoronix claiming that all 8 series card should be fine…

]]> By: Steve http://wonkabar.org/2009/02/25/in-retrospect-picking-a-mini-itx-board/#comment-657 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:39:37 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=688#comment-657 Sadly, the really nice nvidia PCIe I bought for my desktop doesn’t even make the cut. :(

]]> By: Steve http://wonkabar.org/2009/02/25/in-retrospect-picking-a-mini-itx-board/#comment-656 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:38:55 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=688#comment-656 That’s the boat I’m in as well, just watching TV shows on DVD.

One thing to watch out for VDPAU that I just found out this week, is that it only works on certain cards. Check the README in the docs that come with nvidia-drivers-180.22 (or higher). There’s a whole section on which ones support it.

]]> By: Andreas Nilsson http://wonkabar.org/2009/02/25/in-retrospect-picking-a-mini-itx-board/#comment-655 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:50:24 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=688#comment-655 Ok,

I have my concerns with onboard graphics too, but my usecases is ~99.5% tv series in normal 350Mb/35min, so that should work ;)

With a pci-e riser a low-profile card can be put in, so a cheap nvidia 8-series card with vdpau would solve future HD playback I think.

]]> By: Steve http://wonkabar.org/2009/02/25/in-retrospect-picking-a-mini-itx-board/#comment-654 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:20:28 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=688#comment-654 One of my big problems with the Intel was that it used onboard video, and not much, ony 256MB. So I’d recommend an external video card if at all possible.

Everything else looks decent, though it’s too slow to handle HD playback.

]]> By: Andreas Nilsson http://wonkabar.org/2009/02/25/in-retrospect-picking-a-mini-itx-board/#comment-653 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:55:31 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=688#comment-653 Well, I guess every new machine has its quirks… I’m also looking for a nice frontend. I found a HP dc7700 usdt for approx 280 USD. Do you think it’s up for the job? It it’s a 1.86 Ghz core2 duo, 1Gb ram, and a Intel GMA 3000 (not x3000)

/Andreas

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