[mythtv-users] Myth setup for hdtv - config help

[Bill Williamson]

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Simon Allcorn <simon.allcorn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to get some HD content viewable on my frontend and would like
> some help / suggestions as to what I can do to get this working.
>
> I have tried to look at transcoding but afaik the internal mythtranscode
> program does not support H.264 and using mencoder takes many hours on my
> front end system, let alone the less powerful backend.
>
> What I'm after is details on what config changes (frontend and backend) I
> can make to give me the best chance of playing this HD conetent with no
> transcoding - I'm lead to believe that my FE box is quick enough (if only
> just!) to decode this content.
>
> *
> HD source:*
>
> UK, BBC HD (1440x1080i 16:9, H.264 with MBAFF)
>
>
> *System:*
>
> Frontend: P4 *2.4*Ghz (single core), 1Gb memory , 100Mbit network
> Backend: P4 Celeron 515Mb memory
>

my opinion:
No way is that fast enough.  Try a 3400+ dual core athlon64 or the like to
do it with deinterlacing and never dropping frames.

The backend is just streaming to disk, so no problem there.
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