[mythtv] SoC 2006: Configuration Revamp Information

[Yeasah Pell]

Torbjörn Jansson wrote:

>Yeasah Pell <mailto:yeasah at schwide.com> wrote:
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>>I'm not sure how much Myth is tied into its set of internal
>>decoders (or
>>if it has any support for the concept of a decoder that also renders,
>>for that matter) 
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>If someone is porting myth to windows they probably want to keep as much as
>possibel, like internal audio/video decoders and all that stuff.
>Messing with directshow just to make use of a video renderer is probably
>overkill since you need a custom filter.
>I guess it's probably easier to use directdraw or something directly.
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Of course you'd want to keep that intact, and leave the existing 
directdraw code in there as well. Getting the windows frontend working 
first is probably a higher priority than adding other video output 
options, no? :-)

But once you have a working windows frontend, I think it'd be a great 
enhancement, since it represents one of the few real strengths the 
platform has in this area. Plus, it might incite some improvements in 
the linux video output options -- can't have a windows frontend 
outperforming the original linux one :-) Maybe it's not widely known 
amongst MythTV users, but some of the commercial MPEG2/MPEG4 decoders 
available for windows as directshow filters are of noticeably higher 
quality than any of the filters/decoders that myth has to offer, and 
also offer much more extensive hardware acceleration as well (hello 
1080p h.264) -- there's a definite payoff for the work.

I'm not sure why I'm babbling on about it though, as I have no intention 
of working on or using a windows frontend. End of babbling. :-)