[mythtv-users] HDTV on Xbox frontend

[Garry Cook]

On 9/16/05, A JM <vbtalent at gmail.com> wrote:

> So, even though the Xbox is just a FE it still needs to do decoding in 
> order to diplay correctly or for that matter at all?
>  I assumed that the BE did all the work since it contains the capture card 
> and storage was also on the backend, the FE was just a conduit to the TV. 
> 
 I think you are confusing ENcoding with DEcoding.
 The backend encodes the video to disk, either using the hardware on a PVR 
type card, or using the CPU if your capture card does not have encoding 
capabilities.
 Decoding is the process of playing the video back out to the display, this 
is done by the frontend, whether it is a stand alone box or in the same box 
as the backend.
 --g
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