[Openchrome-users] VIA Epia EN usability?

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Thomas Hellstr?m wrote:
> Xavier Bachelot wrote:
>> Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
>>> How usable is the VIA Epia EN motherboard w.r.t. Openchrome drivers and
>>> PAL 720*576 resolutions via S-video?
>>> I know EN has CN700 chipset and vt1625 TV encoder which are different
>>> from what is in the SP-8000 that I currently use.
>>> Any reports Caveats, tips, etc?
>>>
>> CN700 is fully supported. Tv encoder support is only partial for
>> VT1625, afaict. 

What parts? SD PAL? NTSC? HD?

>> There was some discussion and patches about it on the
>> ML in the last monthes, you might want to try searching the archives.

OK, will do some more.

>> Also, Ivor is working on some tv encoder stuff. I think a supported tv
>> encoders page with working modes could help. I'll try to add something
>> into the wiki.

Please do. I just ordered an EN board so I can do tests for PAL with
stuff that works 100% for VIA Epia SP8000 (CN400?) to compare.

> But it should be noted that the EN boards are not capable of decoding
> HDTV mpeg.

True HDTV I'd like to use an EX board for because of DVI and component
out. EX is too new.
SD is OK for now.

At
http://wiki.openchrome.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=HardwareCaveats
I see some remarks for CN700:
The 1024*1024 resolution is depending on vt1625 I guess?
XV is OK for monitor/SD PAL TV?
Or how will a MythTV/xine setup work with the current driver?
(SP8000 does playback/recording with 20% load in MythTV, similar on EN
would be nice)

Thanks for your remarks!

Kind regards.
Udo