[mythtv-users] Apple TV as frontend - but I don't have any widescreen yet

[Mitch Gore]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Travis Tabbal <travis at tabbal.net> wrote:
> Does anyone have an ATV decoding and outputting HD ATSC MPEG2 recordings?
> H264? I would need 720p output (TV native res). How is it compared to
> software decoding? I'm using an Athlon 64X2 machine right now, but an ATV
> would look a lot better in the entertainment center and the existing machine
> could be reused elsewhere.
>
>

first please dont top post.

second this has been discussed to death

appleTV can play 720p/1080i HD mpeg2 recordings with XvMC.

It can play h.264 but only low bitrate video.

Mitchell