[mythtv-users] XvMC and libmpeg2 to be dropped in 0.25

[Steven Adeff]

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:12 PM, nospam312 <nospam312 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> libmpeg2 - A high proportion of problems reported to us can be traced
>> back to libmpeg2, we want MythTV to be as stable as possible and the
>> advantages of libmpeg2 are outweighed by the negatives. Like XvMC, it
>> complicates the code in ways that make it harder to maintain.
>
> If you remove libmpeg2 does that mean we can't playback any mpeg2
> based recording - e.g. Freeview in the UK?
>
> It seems you are removing a core feature of MythTV?
>
> Can you explain what libmpeg2 does?
>
> If I have an oldish machine without VDPAU does this mean I can no
> longer playback any recordings?

libmpeg2 is just a decoding library for mpeg2, it has basically been
replaced by the use of ffmpeg, but from what I understand was left in
as a just-in-case for when ffmpeg may have issues on certain user
hardware, or with certain users files.


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Steve
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