[mythtv-users] Zotac IONITX Performance

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Wed Sep 23 13:38:11 UTC 2009


On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 02:50:00PM -0400, David Asher wrote:
>
> On Sep 22, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
>> I think the real test is high bitrate h264, as from an HD-PVR. With  
>> the
>> upcoming release of 0.22, many more folks may be using the HD-PVRs.
>>
>> ATSC is MPEG2, relatively easy to decode, at least compared to h264.
>>
>> Any solution that can't cope with h264 is off the table as far as I'm
>> concerned.
>
> Good point.  I've definitely used it many times with 720p H.264, but I  
> don't know the bitrate.  And 1080p H.264 once (the Indiana Jones Movie  
> trailer).  All without noticeable playback issues.

    Trailers aren't a very good judge of h264 performance. A system can
be more than capable when dealing with QT trailers in h264 and then 
completely fall down when it comes to HD-PVR content.


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