[mythtv-users] Comcast goes Mpeg4 in Atlanta

[Kirk Bocek]

Already have Big Buck Bunny. And the bloopers.


On June 6, 2015 1:33:59 PM PDT, Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 6:15 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:
>....
>> Oh, I'm on Comcast in the SF Bay Area. I'm just getting my ducks in a
>row. I
>> assume this will happen to us at some point.
>
>Quack-Quack-Quack (the ducks are aligned).
>
>If one wants to test MythTV for H.264 playback, there
>are a number of free demo's out there (just download
>a copy of Big Buck Bunny or one of the other blender
>rendered videos) and throw them into your videos folder.
>
>Certainly (well, almost certainly) the transition will happen
>in the SF Bay Area, but only Comcast knows when.  In
>theory they should be able to move more quickly than the
>encryption of basic (because far fewer customers will be
>impacted and/or need new equipment), but it will still require
>training of CSRs to handle the calls, which takes time.
>Personally, I will be happy when they do my area, mostly
>to make it easier to play back the recordings on devices
>without MPEG2 hardware decoding enabled/supported
>(i.e. mobile devices).  The savings is space will be a
>bonus.
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