[mythtv-users] HDTV in Australia

[Christian Hack]

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> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Kent Williams
> Sent: Thursday, 4 March 2004 4:39 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: [mythtv-users] HDTV in Australia
> 
> 
> Has anyone around Sydney managed to get any of the HDTV 
> channels working
> (Nine HD in particular?)
> All I seem to manage are stutters every second or so and audio that is
> glitches all the time such that you can't even begin to make anything
> out.
> At first I thought that this was due to poor signal strength, 
> but after
> building a second myth box for someone else, I get the same 
> results and
> their reception is better (although I guess it too may not be strong
> enough).
> 
> Processing power isn't the problem as both frontends are P4 2.8's with
> GF4 MX 440. It happens with and without XvMC enabled.
> 

In Brisbane I have the same sort of problems on the HD channels. I
haven't really bothered chasing them much though since my TV is hardly
capable of displaying HD content and the extra space taken by recordings
isn't worth it. I already auto transcode to MPEG4 anyway.

It seemed related to playback (well duh!) but mplayer did seem to have
more luck (not 100% successful though) playing back a MPEG2 file
recorded by the backend or dvbstream.

CH