[mythtv-users] Hardware h264 via plug-in card?

[Brian Wood]

Brad DerManouelian wrote:

>> I love new toys.
> 
> If you pre-ordered, you spent $249 on a device that you still can't  
> use (not wanting to run unstable/experimental software) which is now  
> selling for $219.

I guess I would agree that Windows software falls into the
"unstable/experimental" category.

For my extra $30 I got the device sooner, and also some protection
against the product being pulled.

> People can buy whatever they want.

Very true. Many people spend $30/month or more for re-packaged tap
water, others spend over $1,000 per megabyte to send SMS messages.

> I think it's a  
> sound warning to say that the card won't work until there is support  
> for it. No one said there would never be support for it and I don't  
> think it was implied, either. That said, I wouldn't *expect* h264  
> hardware support in linux/mythtv any time soon. We're only  
> (relatively) recently getting OpenGL support in mythtv and that  
> technology has been around for about 15 years. :)

Note that I said it was "interesting", I was not suggesting anyone run
out and purchase one. Anything that has even a hint of inexpensive
hardware h264 decoding should be of interest to a lot of folks here, I
just wanted to be sure that they were aware of the matter.

beww