[mythtv-users] AppleTV with Linux

[Scott D. Davilla]

>Apple does not care about mpeg2. H264 is the decoder of choice across
>all their platforms.  The AppleTV can not do either 1080i nor 1080p
>without hardware decoder assist.
>
>Since 1080i content tends to be mpeg2 and 1080p tends to be
>mpeg4/h264, you will never see an Apple supplied 1080i (mpeg2)
>hardware assisted decoder on any of their platforms. 1080p is
>possible but not likely.
>
><snip>
>From this screen shot on Engadget it looks like the AppleTV can in 
>fact do 1080P - I'd love to know how they pull this off:
><http://www.engadget.com/photos/apple-tv-take-2-take-two/637603/>http://www.engadget.com/photos/apple-tv-take-2-take-two/637603/ 
>

That's decoding 1080p content, not a display resolution of 1080p. 
1080p display is easy, it the decode that's difficult.
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