Along the same line, we need to prototype something that's capable of playing streaming video from up to four IP cameras in a Firefox browser window, using the downloadable java players that each cam manufacturer provides to support playback of mjpeg or mpeg4 video streams. In the example of your proposed hardware, would these players typically be able to use the Nvidia chipset or would they have to use the Atom processor, or is there any way to know without trying it?
Thanks, Tom S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Galen Seitz" <[email protected]> To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;civil and on-topic" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 9:37 PM Subject: Re: [PLUG] Dell Zino > VY wrote: >> Hi: >> >> Does anyone has any experience running Linux on the new Dell Zino line of >> PCs? >> I want to use it as a media center kind of box. It seems low >> cost and even has an HDMI out. >> >> http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/desktops/inspiron-zino-hd/pd.aspx?refid=inspiron-zino-hd&s=dhs&cs=19&ref=dthp > > My first concern would be the state of driver support for video > features. It seems to be taking forever for ATI and Intel to get this > stuff nailed down. > > I'm considering a motherboard with an Nvidia ION chipset for a MythTV > front end client. > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_ion_linux&num=1 > > These boards use an Atom processor, but with all the heavy lifting > offloaded to the Nvidia graphics processor, they have no problem > handling HD video. The one downfall that is frequently mentioned is > flash. Since there currently is no way to offload flash video to the > graphics processor, the Atom has to do the rendering. As you can > imagine, this does not work very well for anything high-res. > > Both Zotac and Asrock make suitable ION motherboards. Here's one that > looks promising for my purposes: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500027&cm_re=zotac_ion-_-13-500-027-_-Product > > I can't believe I'm suggesting something that requires a proprietary > driver, but unfortunately the Nvidia ION is currently the best fit for > what I want to do. > > -- > Galen Seitz > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.64/2501 - Release Date: 11/13/09 18:22:00 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
