[mythtv-users] Problem playing MJPEG video in Mythvideo on Xbox

[Mark J. Small]

On November 17, 2004 01:05 pm, Jon Hoyt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My digital camera makes movies.  They are in an AVI container and the
> video is Motion JPEG compressed (640x480, 30fps) while the audio is
> uncompressed WAV (20500 Hz, 16 bit mono).  When I try to play them
> through MythVideo on my Xbox frontend, mplayer chokes and says my CPU
> (Celeron 733) isn't fast enough.  I've tried all the tips the mplayer
> error message gives, and the only one that works is using the
> -framedrop flag which makes the video all jumpy.
>
> I realize this isn't strictly a Myth problem, but the only reason I'd
> like to get these playing with mplayer is so I can watch them using
> Myth.  Does anyone know if I have any other options to get them to play
> smoothly, or am I just out of luck as long as I'm using the Xbox?  I'd
> like to keep these movies at high quality if possible.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jon

Well, my Athlon XP 2000+ chokes on MJpeg files that are 352X240.  Transcoding 
is your friend.

Mark