From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 14 16:15:16 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5128106566B for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:15:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 652978FC0A for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:15:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p2EGEx0q077678; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:15:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id p2EGExSr077677; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:14:59 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:14:59 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <201103141614.p2EGExSr077677@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-x11 User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.5 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:15:15 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: AMD E-350 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:15:17 -0000 Tom Evans wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much choice when > > building a low-noise and low-power surf box for the living > > room based on FreeBSD.  Atom boards run (mostly), but they > > don't have HDMI output with full HD support.  AMD E-350 is > > not supported by FreeBSD, as you wrote above ...  Not much > > left ... > > Any atom board with nvidia ion graphics will be able to use hw > acceleration (vdpau) to decode full hd x264 and output over HDMI, eg > http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12677 Not bad, but unfortunately it's not fanless, and the Atom 330 is quite old and slower than the AMD E-350 ... But it might still be an option if I don't want to run Linux. > I use a much weaker nvidia graphics card and can decode 1080p HD > broadcasts with full acceleration. Is that also with an Atom N330? My home router is an N330- based box (though headless, without HD-capable graphics), so I know it's rather slow. I doubt it can decode H.264 at 1080p. This is really a difficult decision ... Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd I suggested holding a "Python Object Oriented Programming Seminar", but the acronym was unpopular. -- Joseph Strout