2009/1/8 jam <[email protected]>: > On Thursday 08 January 2009 10:00:05 [email protected] wrote: >> I'm looking to setup a pc with an output to a tv (big flatscreen) to >> play video files. Sort of like home theatre. >> >> or video files over a lan connection from a server. >> >> recording tv is not necessary but may be good. >> >> Is there a Linux distro that does this or do people go for a hardware >> appliance? > > As others have enthused, mythtv on your choice of distro. > I'd never go without myth either HOWEVER the actual graphics performance is > aweful. Even on high end nvidea cards the display jitters, movies are 'OK' > footy or Motor Racing etc is terrid. > Even modest hardware is distinctly better and high end hardware eg sony bravia > is much smoother. > > We've tried Core2, AMD-X2, Intel and Nvidia graphics: Mobo, 8500, 8600 without > significant oooo-aaah's > > James
Hey, Sounds like you're doing something wrong in the setup... My combined front/backend has an AMD 780G chipset mobo with onboard HD3200 graphics and an AMD 4850e CPU (45W, low power dual core 2.5GHz) and outputs to a 1080p display without issue [0] including audio over HDMI. MythTV is crisp, clear and smooth, including motorsports (E.g. F1 on TenHD). It may be worth starting a thread and comparing configurations. cheers, Owen. [0] Almost. One remaining display driver bug. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
