[mythtv-users] HDPVR Samples?

[Raymond Wagner]

On 3/10/2011 14:11, greg at nodecam.com wrote:
>> On 3/9/2011 7:35 PM, Greg Mitchell wrote:
>>>> A long while ago, there used to be links to HDPVR samples posted on the
>>>> wiki.  Do such thing still exist somewhere?  I would like to try
>>>> playing
>>>> some HDPVR recordings back on my frontend with 0.24-fixes, so that I
>>>> can
>>>> determine if it's worth my while to buy an HDPVR, or if it's going to
>>>> require a frontend upgrade as well, which makes things more expensive.
>> What hardware is your frontend?
> It's a Dell Studio Hybrid - Core 2 Duo 2Ghz with intel graphics.  It's
> able to play back H.264 HDTV that my current (IPTV) provider outputs, but
> I'm going to have to switch away in the near term.

That ship should be capable of decoding moderate bitrate HDPVR output, 
on the order of 10-11Mbps.  Full 13.5Mbps content will be too much for 
it to handle.  The bitrate is controllable, so just set it to something 
below the maximum your hardware can handle.