[mythtv-users] Quicktime 1080p mov files smoother than 720p mkv (Debian)

[Jongi]

On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 18:31 -0400, Raymond Wagner wrote:

> Jongi wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 17:16 -0400, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> >> Robert McNamara wrote:
> >> > 2009/4/1 Jongi <jongitech at gmail.com <mailto:jongitech at gmail.com>>:
> >> >   
> >> >> However when I run 720p mkv files there is some jerkiness.
> >> >>     
> >> >
> >> > What bitrate and encoding options did you use when
> >> > encoding the MKV?  Is it CABAC h.264?  higher bitrate than 2-3 Mbit?
> >> >   
> >> If you used x264, there should be an identifier block at the beginning 
> >> of the raw stream.  It should still show up near the beginning of the 
> >> matroska file.  Open the file with 'less' and look for something like 
> >> "x264 - core 58 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2008 - 
> >> http://www.videolan.org/x264.html", followed by a bunch of variables.  
> >> Post that block in here <http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users>
> >>     
> > I really am not sure what it is you are asking me to do. I tried less 
> > filename.mkv but that i think is not the output you are talking about
> I dont want the whole thing, I just want you to skip a couple pages down 
> until you hit that bit of text.  It's a binary file, it will be mostly 
> unreadable garbage, but there will be text strings you can find.
> 
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Should I expect a Athlon64 5200 CPU with the M3N78-VM motherboard (2GB
RAM with 512MB dedicated to video) to run 720p without jag?

The Debian myth packages I have going are:

mythtv-debian:~# dpkg -l | grep myth*
ii  libgmyth0                            1:0.7.1-1
GObject based library for accessing MythTV backend (runtime fi
ii  libmyth-0.21                         0.21.svn20080706-0.0
Common library code for MythTV and add-on modules (runtime)
ii  mytharchive                          0.21.svn20080706-0.0
create and burn DVD's from MythTV - binary file
ii  mytharchive-data                     0.21.svn20080706-0.0
create and burn DVD's from MythTV - data files
ii  mythbrowser                          0.21.svn20080706-0.0
A small web browser module for MythTV
ii  mythcontrols                         0.21.svn20080706-0.0
External controls for MythTV
ii  mythflix                             0.21.svn20080706-0.0
netflix module for MythTV
ii  mythgallery                          0.21.svn20080706-0.0
Image gallery/slideshow add-on module for MythTV
ii  mythgame                             0.21.svn20080706-0.0
Emulator & PC Game frontend module for MythTV
ii  mythmovies                           0.21.svn20080706-0.0
show times and cinema listings based on Zip/Post code
ii  mythmusic                            0.21.svn20080706-0.0
Music add-on module for MythTV
ii  mythnews                             0.21.svn20080706-0.0
An RSS feed news reader module for MythTV
ii  mythphone                            0.21.svn20080706-0.0
a phone and videophone module for MythTV
ii  mythplugins                          0.21.svn20080706-0.0
Wrapper package for MythTV plugins
ii  mythstream                           0.18.1-0.2
MythTv plugin that plays Internet audio and video streams
ii  mythtv                               0.21.svn20080706-0.0
A personal video recorder application (client and server)
ii  mythtv-backend                       0.21.svn20080706-0.0
A personal video recorder application (server)
ii  mythtv-common                        0.21.svn20080706-0.0
A personal video recorder application (common data)
ii  mythtv-database                      0.21.svn20080706-0.0
A personal video recorder application (database)
ii  mythtv-doc                           0.21.svn20080706-0.0
A personal video recorder application (documentation)
ii  mythtv-frontend                      0.21.svn20080706-0.0
A personal video recorder application (client)
ii  mythtv-themes                        0.21-0.0
Additional themes for MythTV
ii  mythvideo                            0.21.svn20080706-0.0
A generic video player frontend module for MythTV
ii  mythweather                          0.21.svn20080706-0.0
Weather add-on module for MythTV
ii  mythweb                              0.21.svn20080706-0.0
An integrated web browser plugin for your MythTV system
ii  mythzoneminder                       0.21.svn20080706-0.0
a system for monitoring cctv cameras
ii  python-mythtv                        0.21.svn20080706-0.0
A personal video recorder application (common data)


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