[mythtv-users] Output from the Hauppauge HD-PVR?]

[Yeechang Lee]

Yeechang Lee <ylee at pobox.com> says:
> After finally figuring out why my 0.21-fixes frontend had not been
> not able to play these [HD PVR test] clips without dying (regardless
> of performance), I am pleased to report that my tried-and-true
> 3.0GHz Pentium 4 frontend/slave backend is able to handle playback
> from mythvideo quite nicely.
> 
> Despite the low 6mbps bitrate and forced 720p output on the cable-box
> side, the video quality is more than acceptable.

I should have clarified that the patch at SVN ticket
#4653 (<URL:http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/4653>) that permits
disabling of the deblocking loopfilter for h.264 is also crucial for
acceptable performance.

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