[mythtv-users] Cannot play recorded HD H264, advice on faster hardware needed

Steven Ellis steven at openmedia.co.nz
Thu May 15 05:18:22 UTC 2008


On Thu, May 15, 2008 1:48 pm, Sarah Katherine Hayes wrote:
>
>> I have put a 9MB fragment (file called sheep9.mpg) here:
>> http://www.box.net/shared/yeo9ymakg0
>>
>> Maybe somebody with MythTV on fast processor can check if they can
>> play this file and advice me on what hardware (processor /video card)
>> I need for this?
> Totem + mplayer gave a green corrupted frame, then insta-death. Internal
> just died and killed the Frontend (I've never, actually seen that happen
> before) Ubuntu 8.04 + updates + Mythbuntu 0.21-fixes packages.
>
> *Note: I'm getting really annoyed with Ubuntu right about.... now, if
> this was Gentoo I'd slap in the multimedia overlay*
>
> Makes me think it's the same type of h264 as the HD-PVR pumps out, which
> seems to be using 'something'; that something ain't quite as well
> supported/optimized as the common garden variety found in my Anime
> shows.  So it seems to require an excessive amount of grunt, which will
> obviously change. :)
>
>
> Finger the the air requirement, 2.8Ghz C2D in the Desktop flavor.

I've just tried this with MPlayer SVN r26779 on an Intel T2400 and it
struggles to play. Also I'm seeing the interlaced artifact issues due to
the partial interlaced PAFF support in FFMPEG.

Steve

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