[mythtv-users] Re: Hardware MPEG2 encdoder really worth it?
matt
SyOp at Reigm.Com
Thu Jul 31 16:03:58 EDT 2003
MPEG4 is an interly different from MPEG2. You can not simply
upgrade a MPEG2 hardware compression board with a firmware update and
have mpeg4 compression. If you want, there is a MPEG4 hardware
compression board out there, with linux drivers.
http://www.viewcast.com/products/osprey/osprey220_divx.html
But since it was never desgined for this purpos it is unlikly to work
with MythTV.
And for $300 I am unwilling to try. But if you wana give it a go...
Just don't complain to me when it fails miserably.
Matt
Saravanan Subbiah wrote:
>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:
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>>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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