[mythtv-users] XvMC, Plextor Question, and Sound

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/11/2006 01:36 PM, Jesse Guardiani wrote:
> On Friday 10 February 2006 6:11 pm, Nathan Lutchansky wrote:
>   
>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 03:24:30PM -0700, Brian Wood wrote:
>>     
>>> On Feb 10, 2006, at 2:12 PM, Jesse Guardiani wrote:
>>>       
>>>> In addition to XvMC support, recording to Mpeg-2
>>>> would allow for DVD burning via MythBurn.
>>>>         
>>> Well the world is going the other way, towards mpeg4. I heard that  
>>> DirectV's newest satellite is putting out mpeg4 streams, with  
>>> Echostar to follow soon.
>>>       
>> Actually, the world is going to H.264, which isn't supported in any
>> video card yet as far as I know.  MPEG4 isn't used for much commercial
>> content at all aside from what the DivX folks are able to get their
>> hands on.
>>     
> Aren't you both right? Isn't H.264 just another name for Mpeg-4 layer 10 or something?
Yep, pretty much.  ITU-T H.264 is ISO/IEC MPEG-4 Part 10, a.k.a. MPEG-4 
Advanced Video Coding.

Mike