[mythtv-users] Looking for advice moving to DVB-S

Martin Bene martin.bene at icomedias.com
Mon Oct 31 03:46:50 EST 2005


Talking to yourself is generally a bad sign so...

> BTW, there'll be another hurdle to consider before you'll be able to
> actually watch those new HD channels: the'yre np longer using mpeg2 as
> the video codec but instead decided to use MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; 
> no idea if myth tv supports that codec and what kind of hardware you'd

> need to actually decode such a HD stream.

Just looked around regarding the H.264 issue; one really good thread on
mythtv developers turned up:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/147559?search_string=H.
264;#147559

Short answer: Yes, Mythtv supports the codec and No, you don't have the
hardware needed to decode HD H.264 in 1080i resolution. Neither does
anyone else. :-) Looks like hardware support for H.264 decoce will
definitely be needed; doesn't seem to be available yet though.

Bye, Martin



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