[mythtv-users] Playback of HDTV, HDHomeRun

[Paul]

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:26 AM, David Smiley <dsmiley at mac.com> wrote:
>
> I have a P4 at 2.8 GHz and I've been using it just fine with a Hauppage 250
> card for nearly a year.  I just purchased a flat screen TV and an HDHomerun.
> I got the HDHomerun to record a snipped of a high-def program for just 11
> minutes (which was 1.26 GB !).  The playback is basically impossible; choppy
> doesn't begin to describe it.  I suspect it's some sort of super high-res
> MPEG2 format but I don't know how to get at info on my video files so I am
> not certain.  An auto-transcode of this file brought it down to only 1.1 GB
> but that didn't help the playback (unsurprisingly).  In my playback
> settings, I observed that there are various filters 'n such that apply
> depending on the resolution.  I did some tinkering there on the higher
> resolution stuff but haven't gotten success.  Can someone advise me on
> things to try and/or how to go about troubleshooting playback of HDTV?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ~ David
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As a datapoint i am able to play back my hdhomerun recordings on a P4
2.8 GHz using a nvidia 5200 without any problems (and no xvmc). I did
use to have problems with it when i was using an old ATI card however.