[mythtvnz] Mini-itx vdpau motherboards?

[Douglas Pearless]

Hmm, now I have to correct myself, I have found a PCI NVIDIA 9400GT card. 

It is made by Sparkle, their part number SP94GT1024D2L-HP. 

Don't know who sells it here though!

Quoting "Douglas Pearless" <Douglas.Pearless at pearless.co.nz>: 

> I suspect that you will not find any as I note the bandwidth of the old PCI bus may not be sufficient to transfer all the data to the required NVIDIA graphics card in a timely manner...
> 
> You may be far better to wait for the NVIDIA ION platform to generate a real product for a (diskless) mythtv frontend.
> 
> Cheers
> Douglas.
> 
> Quoting "Craig Whitmore" <lennon at orcon.net.nz>:
>  
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 16:11 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> >> Having failed to find easy access to a PCI vdpau capable video card in
> >> NZ I though an alternative might be to find a mini-itx sized vdpau
> >> compatible motherboard, ie with onboard nVidia graphics.
> >>
> >> Rather than spend more hours searching for the grail, can anyone point
> >> out such a motherboard from a NZ retailer (online or in ChCh).
> >>
> >> Frontend only so provided it has the requisite video card onboard
> >> there is no need for any PCI[e] slots.
> >>
> >> I will be connecting it to a flat panel 720p TV with VGA or HDMI. HDMI
> >> with sound out would be nice but not essential.
> >
> >
> > The wholesalers in NZ sell the Intel Atom Processor Motherboards
> > (D945GCLF) at a reasonable cost.
> >
> > http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/D945GCLF2-D945GCLF2D/D945GCLF2-D945GCLF2D-overview.htm[1]
> >
> > Anyone who gets stuff from Tech Pacific/Ingram Micro should be able to
> > get them.
> >
> > Then you have to find a PCI vdpau card... I would love if someone knew
> > what would work. I cannot find one myself.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
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