[mythtv-users] HD Playback
Krzysztof Adamski
k at adamski.org
Fri Feb 20 01:39:46 UTC 2009
On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 19:07 -0600, MrVining wrote:
> This HD Video playback thing still has me stumped. It seems there is
> soo many different options and settings. I read a lot about someone
> did this or that and now CPU load is at 15% or what ever. Anyway I
> have decided I'm going about this the wrong way, instead of asking
> for tips on what will make my hardware run okay, I'll just ask what's
> the best?
>
> I have my backend all set up, or on it's way (4TB RAID5 &
> 3xHDHomeRun, multi Gigabit Network Cards).
>
> Now I'm building the front ends and this is mission critical for me,
> if the wife doesn't have TV, I don't get to the office... LOL but
> kinda true, don't get me wrong "Apples to Apples" and "Back-seat
> Drawing" are fun, but I need my HTTP/WoW. We have a big screen 16:9
> HD TV with a free HDMI input, and a THX certified Yamaha receiver
> (only using 5.1 atm, hope to change to 7.1 after we move in a year or
> so). She records mostly 1080i programs.
>
> There seems to be lot's of playback options so what one yields the
> highest quality picture?
>
> What hardware is needed to drive that decompression (zero dropped
> frames)?
>
> If you had 2-3k to drop on a front end for a client what would
> components would you use?
>
>
> No need to respond negatively, if you're not going to have fun with
> it don't bother to respond. Basically if you won the lottery what
> would your front end be made up of, and what settings would you shoot
> for?
If cost is no object, one thing that I would do for the frontend is to
build a powerful machine that sits in a basement (or someplace far away
from the TV) and use a HDMI extenders (like
http://www.audioauthority.com/product_details/1391A/HDMI/5/2).
This way no noise and no headaches about building a nice looking and
quiet frontend (Audio and remote have to be extended too).
K
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