[mythtv-users] Where to start?

[Damian Surr]

> On Jan 9, 2007, at 5:28 AM, Damian Surr wrote:
>
>   
>>> As I said, ATI cards *can* be used, but with that CPU you will need
>>> XvMC for any HD programming and maybe even for SD if you want to de-
>>> interlace and/or commflag at the same time. I'm not sure what
>>> resolutions are presently being used in the UK.
>>  think 720x576 is that standard for PAL
>>     
>
> For PAL analog(ue) yes, but I don't know what they are doing with  
> digital over there.
>
> I think I saw something on this list about the BBC experimenting with  
> MPEG-4 variants. That would take more CPU to decode and you can't get  
> any help from XvMC, which only helps with MPEG-2.
>
> So you may ultimately want to get a faster CPU.
>   
Yea, that would screw things up!