[mythtv-users] Upscaling standalone DVD vs. MythTV

[Willy Boyd]

On 2/16/07, David Campbell <dave at cpfc.org> wrote:
> Bill Chmura wrote:
> > Another thing to consider is the load on your box.  Right now I am forced to use my back-end as my front-end also - which has three tuners.  If I up-scaled a DVD it could put an unnecessary load on the box and cause who knows what kind of problems it could cause with recordings and such.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong but there isn't any upscaling going on in
> MythDVD - it's just squirting out MPEG 2 as is.
>
> Or am I missing something subtle here?

If you're running your display at a resolution higher than DVD, say
for example 1280x720, then playing mpeg2 "fullscreen" means playing it
1280x720 pixels.  So yes, it's upscaling.

>
> Dave
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