[mythtvnz] CPU required for Freeview HD

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Sat Aug 23 00:25:20 BST 2008


On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Tortise <tortise at paradise.net.nz> wrote:

>  I picked up a Strong SRT 5410 Freeview HD STB sheet yesterday, its CPU is
> noted to be
> STi7101 32 bit Super Scalar RISC CPU - 400 Dhrystone 2.1 MIPS at 266Mhz
> 64M Flash ROM, 1024 M DDR DRAM.
> I note it is detailed at
> http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=367081
> Surely food for thought, this sounds to me like typical router CPU
> performance levels, presumably there are decoding chips also included which
> do the grunt, presumably somewhat like the PVR-350 does.
> I wonder if such a device(s) on a PCI card could do the job for Myth?
> Is this a line worth considering?
> The Tortise
>

If you could get one on a PCI card AND get drivers for it, AND get the
software you are using to use those drivers, that'd be fine.
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