[Openchrome-users] CN400 vs. CN700 vs. next best option?

[Paul Gardiner]

Peter Carmichael wrote:
> I've been using CN400 Epia SP8000 boards since they came out. 
> Openchrome has been fantastic for these boards with CPU usage down at
> ~3% for xine playback of SD DVD MPEG2 and similarly low utilization for
> Mythtv playback.  I've run test mpeg2 files at HD resolutions and the
> hardware copes just fine.  ~15% utilization for 720p. ~24% for 1080i. 
> Typically all my output is at 1280x720 over VGA.
> 
> The SP boards aren't available any more so I'm looking at CN700 boards. 
> My first build for an Epia CN10000 is not as impressive.
> 
> VLD XvMC isn't working (apparently) in MythTV 0.21.  xine is working
> (using -V xxmc and XvMCW) but is showing 20% cpu for SD material.

I've had VLD XvMC working on both J7F2WE1G2E and EN12000E. That was SD
only.

Paul.