[mythtv-users] seeking video hardware recommendations

[Richard Bronosky]

I should account for H.264, aka: MPEG4-AVC, for the inevitable web download.

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Sarah Hayes
<sarah at sarahhayes.is-a-geek.net> wrote:
> Richard Bronosky wrote:
>  > Thanks for the advice.  Even though you feel confident that playing
>  > MPEG2 isn't a problem, I know that my old machine can't handle HD.
>  > Also I hear that PCI video cards can't handle HD.  Not that I'd buy a
>  > PCI video card.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  I heard it said a while ago, dunno if it's here or a random net page I
>  stumbled upon but: "HD is the land of the Core 2", it just seems to
>  require that much grunt to handle.  The MPEG2 accelerator on my MII10K
>  has, by the accounts of others, a resolution limit on it, so even if it
>  wasn't a puny insect it couldn't actually accelerate HD sized content.
>
>  What sized Core 2, I couldn't tell you.  My laptop (Duo 2.0Ghz 2MB cache
>  version, GeForce 7900 GS) ticks over at 22% playing a PAL SD h264'd AC3
>  audio'd mkv and 50%ish on a 1080p H264'd mov wrapped movie trailer in
>  mplayer.  I would assume less is required for MPEG2 as it's a simpler
>  algorithm (apparently).  The MII10k chokes on either, but that goes
>  without saying :)
>
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