[mythtv-users] Is 0.28 going to support HEVC does anyone know?

[HP-mini]

On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 17:25 +0000, Another Sillyname wrote:
> On 12 January 2016 at 16:40, Andre Newman MythTV
> <mythtv-list at dinkum.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> On 12 Jan 2016, at 16:07, Stuart Auchterlonie <stuarta at squashedfrog.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 12/01/16 13:04, Bjoern Voigt wrote:
> >>> Another Sillyname wrote:

> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Stuart Auchterlonie
> >> MythTV Developer
> >>
> >>

> In about 10 days I can use the following for a 0.28 test setup....
> 
> 1 x Asus Vi Gene as a backend server
> 
> 1 x Asus VII Impact as a Frontend unit
> 
> I don't currently have a 4K TV/Monitor device.....any recommendations
> and I'll buy one?
> 
> I don't currently have a GPU that supports 4K (although I think the
> VII Impact may using the onboard Intel GPU....I'll have to check)
> 
> Is this of any use?
> _______________________________________________

To go the nvidia discrete graphics route you need a GTX950 or GTX960 for
h/w HEVC decode & hdmi2.0 4Kp60 etc.

You might want to consider which intel CPU/GPU is best.
Pure CPU power v.s. the best intel iGPU..

ffmpeg 2.8 changelog states it has VAAPI & VDPAU hwaccel 
Apparently a development branch had VDPAU HEVC decode in July 2015 but
this exposed some (recently fixed) bug in the nvidia driver.

Core2Duo (mid range):
HEVC 1080p24 15Mbps  19fps (ffmpeg decode approx. half CPU utilization)
HEVC 1080p24 60Mbps   8-9fps (ditto)

You could expt with the latest ffmpeg & VAAPI hwaccel decoding.