[mythtv] Myth on embedded Hardware

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Mon May 10 10:44:46 EDT 2004


On Monday 10 May 2004 03:38, Tom Stoeveken wrote:
> Is it right that the backend records ether in RTJpeg or in MPEG4?

This is only true if you have a standard analog 'frame-grabber' card and 
use software to do the encoding.  You also have the option of using a 
tuner hard that encodes in hardware directly to MPEG-2, such as the 
Hauppauge PVR-250, PVR-350 or AverMedia M-179.

So, if you want to build a lightweight frontend using embedded hardware 
with hardware-assisted MPEG-2 decoding, the best thing to do would be 
to set up a backend that can encode directly to MPEG-2 using a hardware 
encoder.

-JAC


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