[mythtv-users] Myth setup for hdtv - config help

[Simon Allcorn]

Forgot to say - the FE video card is the onboard intel i810 which feeds my
1360x768 tv via vga

Simon




On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Simon Allcorn <simon.allcorn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to get some HD content viewable on my frontend and would like
> some help / suggestions as to what I can do to get this working.
>
> I have tried to look at transcoding but afaik the internal mythtranscode
> program does not support H.264 and using mencoder takes many hours on my
> front end system, let alone the less powerful backend.
>
> What I'm after is details on what config changes (frontend and backend) I
> can make to give me the best chance of playing this HD conetent with no
> transcoding - I'm lead to believe that my FE box is quick enough (if only
> just!) to decode this content.
>
> *
> HD source:*
>
> UK, BBC HD (1440x1080i 16:9, H.264 with MBAFF)
>
>
> *System:*
>
> Frontend: P4 *2.4*Ghz (single core), 1Gb memory , 100Mbit network
> Backend: P4 Celeron 515Mb memory
>
> Both Frontend and backend are RH fedora core 9 systems with myth being
> build from svn (0.21-fixes trunk)
>
> *Current playback of HD:*
>
> I can play this HD content, but it plays for 1 second, pauses for a second,
> plays for a second etc.
> (Myth is running under a non-privileged user)
>
>
> thanks
>
> Simon
>
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