[mythtv-users] Autoplay of inserted CDs and DVDs

[Albert Santoni]

I suppose MPlayer wouldn't suffice if you had a widescreen progressive scan
TV or something massive, where your TV-Out would be your limit your
quality....
(P.S. I have a Pioneer DVD-343.... Looks great on my medium-sized TV.)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tako Schotanus" <quintesse at palacio-cristal.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Autoplay of inserted CDs and DVDs


> Of course, but hey that's what I built my media center machine for! It
> should just be able to play anything I throw at it, I don't care if it
> spends 100% CPU doing it because it won't be used for anything else.
>
> That it might not work if I've programmed it to record a TV program just
> when I'm watching a DVD is just too bad, there are bound to be some
> limitations (but those there will be fewer and fewer in the future).
>
> Lonny Selinger wrote:
>
> >>Ok, so can anyone explain to me how MPlayer is sub-par compared to my
> >>Pioneer DVD player, because I sure as hell can't tell.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I think the main difference would be the required resources. Hardware
> >playback relies on itself primarily rather then system resources to
> >decode and playback content. If you've got a smoking machine (that
> >rarely sees a lot of I/O) a software solution may seem just as good in
> >the fact that it looks the same and everything works, but the system
> >will be more taxed then a hardware based solution.
> >
> >--
> >Lonny
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