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

[Jongi]

On Fri, 2009-04-10 at 10:01 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Jongi <jongitech at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 10:15 -0400, Paul Gallaway wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >> mythtv-debian:~# glxinfo | grep direct
> >> direct rendering: Yes
> >>     GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test, GL_EXT_direct_state_access,
> >> mythtv-debian:~# xvinfo
> >> X-Video Extension version 2.2
> >> screen #0
> >>   Adaptor #0: "NV17 Video Texture"
> >>     number of ports: 32
> >>     port base: 283
> >>     operations supported: PutImage
> >>     supported visuals:
> > [snip]
> >
> > Thought of something else. Are you using the internal player? I've had
> > to resort to using mplayer for h.264 files and VLC for DVD playback.
> > There have been a number of discussions that the the 0.21-fixes branch
> > uses internal libraries from an older version of ffmpeg that are
> > somewhat outdated relative to what is in mplayer, VLC, xine etc. See
> > if the file will work through mplayer from the command line. If that
> > works you can change the program used per file extension under the
> > mythvideo setup screen. Let us know how it goes.
> >
> > ~pAul.
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> > It just occurred to me what you are saying. mplayer is an external program
> > tht mythtv calls and is independent to whether mythv has vdpau support or
> > not. so as long as i have an mplayer that supports vdpau (which version
> > would that be?), i should set the vdpau option for mplayer as long as i am
> > running an nvidia driver that suports it?
> >
> > If so, what are the typical mplayer options that should boost 720p/1080p
> > playback?
> >
> 
> mplayer -vo vdpau -vc ffh264vdpau
> 
> -vc has in fact 4 options depending what you are playing
> 
> mplayer -vc help|grep vdpau
> ffmpeg12vdpau ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg MPEG-1/2 (VDPAU)  [mpegvideo_vdpau]
> ffwmv3vdpau ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg WMV3/WMV9 (VDPAU)  [wmv3_vdpau]
> ffvc1vdpau  ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg WVC1 (VDPAU)  [vc1_vdpau]
> ffh264vdpau ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg H.264 (VDPAU)  [h264_vdpau]
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I need to get my Debian system running as testing. Then hopefully I will
have an mplayer version that is VDPAU enabled and can test it out.
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