[mythtv-users] XvMC, Plextor Question, and Sound

[Jesse Guardiani]

On Friday 10 February 2006 6:11 pm, Nathan Lutchansky wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 03:24:30PM -0700, Brian Wood wrote:
> > On Feb 10, 2006, at 2:12 PM, Jesse Guardiani wrote:
> > > Brian Wood wrote:
> > > In addition to XvMC support, recording to Mpeg-2
> > > would allow
> > > for DVD burning via MythBurn.
> > 
> > Well the world is going the other way, towards mpeg4. I heard that  
> > DirectV's newest satellite is putting out mpeg4 streams, with  
> > Echostar to follow soon.
> 
> Actually, the world is going to H.264, which isn't supported in any
> video card yet as far as I know.  MPEG4 isn't used for much commercial
> content at all aside from what the DivX folks are able to get their
> hands on.

Aren't you both right? Isn't H.264 just another name for Mpeg-4 layer 10 or something?

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Jesse Guardiani
Programmer/Sys Admin
jesse at wingnet.net