On 3/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Wood</b> <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br>The biggest problem with checking encoders, as I said, is a source of<br>"known good" video, even something as simple as an analog color bar<br>generator doesn't exist in most homes, and static bars are not of
<br>much help in setting up encoders. Something that would generate test<br>quality component HD video is just not realistic for even well-off<br>consumers at this time.</blockquote></div><br><br>Though I don't think anyone is talking about encoding HD video from scratch. The only "encoding" that I ever do is when I burn an HD show to DVD, and that is not time sensitive. Otherwise, recording HD shows via QAM or OTA take little to no horsepower. The typical thing that takes power on a real-time basis is decoding (for playback or commercial detection). A decoding test should be readily scriptable, and very useful.
<br><br>Tim<br>