[mythtv-users] Any sample HDTV files available?

[jack snodgrass]

On 10/2/06, Tony Di Bona <dibona at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Group:
>
> My Mythtv system continues to perform well after a few months of use --
> before undertaking the effort to upgrade its capability to include HDTV (new
> tuner cards, other hardware as needed) I thought it would be useful to load
> and play a sample HDTV file with my current configuration. This will help me
> identify any issues with the back end, network, front end, monitor, etc.
> processing the data within the available bandwidth and provide the HDTV
> image I am hoping for.
>
> Using Google I found some 1080p .wav files on the Microsoft site
> (interesting, but not the native .mpg format used by Mythtv), and also some
> .mpg files elsewhere but would rather a short (~30 second recording, enough
> to get past any buffering that takes place) from a Mythtv system (perhaps
> part of a TV commercial to avoid copyright issues) to ensure the test file
> format is correct.
>
> If you know of a suitable test file currently online please post the link.
> If you are willing to record a snippet of a HDTV stream with your MythTV
> system please let me know if you can do a http transfer of the captured file
> to me through yousendit.com (unless the file size is less than 10MB in which
> case you can email it to me directly at this gmail account)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony.

what is yousendit.com? How much data do you want? A 30 minute
television show captured with my air2pc or fusion card is 3gig +- .5gig.

jack