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Re: New Link HTPC
I'm currently using the ASrock 330 as a link and I am very happy with it.
Unfortunately, as it has been reported in other threads, it does not handle the h.264 HD-PVR files when playing them back in BeyondTV. Now, in my tests I was able to playback these same files just fine from within Media Center using a decoder (MPC-HC) that used hardware acceleration. I suspect that BeyondTV's h.264 decoder and the Arcsoft decoder when using it from within BeyondTV that they don't fully do hardware acceleration.
So the only way you can get smooth playback is to have a CPU that can pick up the slack and even a Dual Core Atom that is overclocked (I tried) won't do.
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BTV & Media Server - Asus P5LD2, 2.4Ghz Quad Core Intel, 2Gig DDR2, 14 TB HD space, Nvidia 8600GT, PVR-500, Nvidia DualTV, 2xDvico Fusion HDTV USB, 4xHDHomeRun (QAM), Firefly Remote
Link Machine - Asus P5LD2, Core 2 Duo E6700, 2Gig DDR2, 250GB HD space, Nvidia 8800GT, Harmony 890, Vista Premium (using MC), LG Blu Ray/HD DVD drive, PowerDVD Ultra, Pioneer 5070HD
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