[mythtv-users] How much is too much CPU?

Brian J. Murrell brian at interlinx.bc.ca
Fri May 31 14:55:34 UTC 2013


On 13-05-31 10:52 AM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> 
> iOS devices have no hardware MPEG2 support,

Neither do (most?) Android devices.  None of mine do anyway.  So I just
use software MPEG2 decode.  Here at home, power is plentiful.  :-)

> or rather they do, but it is
> locked out in software.  The only way to do hardware MPEG2 playback is
> to root the device and install something that accesses an undocumented,
> low level video interface.

How nice.

> If they're intentionally restricting the ability of the hardware to play
> the content, they're not going to be too keen on allowing software to
> perform software decoding of it.

Right.  Welcome to the walled-garden where you do what what we say you
can do with the device you bought and own and no more.  Thanks for your
business.  Next customer please.

Cheers,
b.


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