[mythtv-users] CPU usage during Playback of content from HD-PVR

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Aug 13, 2008, at 9:21 AM, Robert McNamara wrote:

> Hmm, dunno why the list truncated my last message.  Last bit was...
>
> From experience, and speaking as someone who has been working with  
> the HD-PVR and the recordings made by it from the very earliest  
> days, anything less than that is going to have trouble at the  
> maximum capture bitrate.  This has been the experience across the  
> board of those of us working with the HD-PVR in linux.  John or  
> Janne may be able to add their voices to this discussion, but as  
> we've all being experiencing the same, and have seen the same in  
> dealing with most of the HD-PVR users in linux thus fair, I think  
> it's fair to trust our experience.  It's tough to let go of the  
> notion that resolution and bitrate are the primary factors in  
> playback ease, as this has been generally true for a long time.  The  
> HD-PVR, however, is a great illustrator of the fact that with modern  
> codecs, encoding options have just as much, if not far more bearing  
> on playability.

I guess the point of this thread is what speed processor do I need to  
upgrade to in order to get playback of 720p content recorded from my  
HD-PVR. Frankly, I'm about ready to put it on ebay since using the  
damned thing means I have to get rid of every single frontend I have  
along with using an unstable version of MythTV. No fun - especially  
since I can't even get mine to work right now in Windows, let alone  
Linux. I think I have a defective unit. Waiting to hear back from  
support after trying their suggestions. I'm really sorry I bought it.