[mythtv-users] Help in playing hdtv

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/11/2008 03:05 PM, Juergen Sachs wrote:
> I am running mythtv trunk version an try to get hdtv running smoothly.
> First I have to say, that until running the trunk version (I had v0.20 fixes 
> before) hdtv livetv was impossible. Now it is playing, but with a 
> very "jittery" picture and skiped frames.
>
> I do not know if it is a problem of my hardware configuration:
> Gfx: GeForce 7300 SE with native nvidia driver
> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6320  @ 1.86GHz
> Ram: 2GB
>
> So I think it is not too bad. But when I run "top" while playing a livetv I 
> see it is displaying about 100% till 140% for mythfrontend. So I guess I 
> reached the limits :-(
>
> Mythfronend is running as a normal user.
>
> So the question is if my hardware is not powerfull enough to play hdtv, or if 
> I have to tweak my config.
>
> Looking in the documentation did not show me a special configuration hint.
>
> So maybe someone here has a similar config and can give me some advice ?

I'm thinking you left out some important information that none of the
responders thought to ask you.  Is your "HDTV" MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) format
rather than MPEG-2.  If so, there's probably little you can do to make
it better at this point.

Mike