[mythtv-users] Is this beefy machine really not enough to drive HD at 1080p?

[Scott Harris]

> 
> But that's kind of the point. Default options provide the best image 
> quality (generally), the options you've specified there make the 
> decoding process quicker, but lower quality.
> 
> MPEG-4 requires a *lot* of CPU power to decode in software. I'm not 100% 
> sure, but I don't think even an Athlon X2 5600+ (like you've got) would 
> be able to do it at 1080p with full-quality options...
> 
> I pray for the day PureVideo/Avivo (or equivalent) becomes available on 
> Linux :-)
> 
> Dean.
> 

Well, I'm not happy about it, but I can live knowing that it is
difficult for even the big dogs to decode 1080p ;)

Generally speaking, how much difference would there be trying to
decode 1080i compared to 1080p?

Thanks,

Scott