[mythtvnz] Multiseat Myth?

[Brett Miller]

As of nVidia driver 190.53
"VDPAU now allows multiple streams to be decoded at once, without the 
need to set any environment variables. vpdau has been able to decode 
multiple streams." http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2141387


On 16/03/2010 8:00 a.m., Nick Rout wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Ross and Jemima Knudsen
> <ross.jemima at gmail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone knows whether it would be possible to run a
>> multiseated mythbox?  Multiseat is where you run two or more monitors
>> with separate desktops on each.  I'm interested to know whether it would
>> be still possible to access the advanced graphics functions (ie hardware
>> decoding) with 2+ monitors.
>>
>> Reason I'm asking is that it seems like it might be more cost effective
>> to just run AV cabling than building/buying separate frontend systems.
>> Especially if they are probably not going to get fully utilised as I'm
>> sure that my system is not being heavily pushed.
>>
>> Anyway it'd be good to get people's views as without the hardware
>> decoding capabilities this idea is pretty much dead in the water.
>>      
>
> This question has been asked here before and I think I gave much the
> same answer then:
>
> Search the mythtvusers mailing list. I have seen someone describe a
> similar successful setup. If you want acceleration on each monitor,
> you will probably need a graphics card for each monitor.
>
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