Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:28 am
Which is geek speak for saying that for the majority of people this is not possible.
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I'll take the path of least resistance and go with C'n'Q. Nice to know what my options are before buying.So, user configurable C'n'Q is possible in Linux. It's more difficult, but it is linux after all. There are even kernel patches available to ease the process. Well, you get what you choose.
The fan on the EN15000 is actually a fairly quiet 40mm unit that can be completely silenced by a Zalman fan controller (it only needs to be turned down about 1/3 to 1/2 way). My experience with the fanless VIA EPIA boards is that the heatsink can get very hot (almost too hot to touch), as can the CPU. Run fanless, CPU temps of 50° C (or higher) aren't unusual. The addition of even the most minimal fan cures this and sends the temps back to 40° C or less, with the heat sink barely warm to the touch.leem wrote:Going back to quiet performance though, it seems you can run the EN15000 without the fan, although obviously at your own risk
Yes, I realize I'm digging in the dirt and pulling up an old thread, but, for the sake of completeness:CityK wrote:presently, because of lack of software support, it is not possible to take advantage of the hardware decoder. One only need turn to the disastrous results that SFFtech observed when trying to playback a MPEG-2 based HD clip for confirmation of this fact....sadly, SFFtech was also not aware of the situation regarding no hardware acceleration support – further tainting their conclusions on the platform.It is possible that an HD clip encoded in MPEG 2 — as is likely to be found on upcoming HD DVD and Blue-Ray discs — would have been able to take advantage of the hardware decoder and played back properly.
When, and if, support for the hardware acceleration of the CN700 is obtained on a Windows OS, playback of MPEG-2 based HD material should function fine.