[mythtv-users] Re: Hardware MPEG2 encdoder really worth it?

[Saravanan Subbiah]

In the same lines will PVR250 support MPEG-4 using some firmware upgrade
in the future ? Can I buy PVR250 now and expect that MPEG 4 be supported
in it sometime in the future ?

-Saravan

On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 11:40, matt wrote:
> Ok, I'm the other voice.
> The one that says: MPEG2 BAD! MPEG4 GOOD!
> I use nothing but the stuff I pulled out of my closit.
> (AMD 1800+, everyone's fav. TV tuner)
> 
>     I use MGEP4 compession with all the imaging goodness turned on, so I 
> gota ask, why use 4gig/hr when you can have 500meg/hr?  Sure HDD is 
> cheap, but I can get 160gig for $116, and then have ~320hs of record 
> time,  or I can have ~40hrs with MPEG2.  And YES I CAN use 320hrs of 
> record time damit!  Cost asside, to me record time and quality are all 
> that matter. 
> 
>     In realty, it is a matter of what works best for you.  I'm a tech 
> junky, and the way I work  a POT (plain old Tuner (C)2003 Matt) works 
> fine for me.  Now in your case, you may want the benifits an MPEG2 
> hardware encoder give you, lower processor usage, lower heat, etc...
> For me, since I am intigrating it all in one system, it just makes sence 
> to use what I got, and throw in a big HDD.  I feel that in the future, 
> more people will have to move over to MPEG4 compression, with the 
> poliferation of HDTV.  Untill that day, in ~2009 (when we all upgrade) 
> use what works best for you, and don't worry about the rest.  Besides, 
> whats the worst that could happen, besides you computer bursting into 
> flames, and it burnes down every house on you block.  No, wait, thats my 
> computer.  Never Mind.
> Matt
> 
> 
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