[mythtv-users] Might seem like a dumb question but have to ask

[Brent Bolin]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Eloy Paris <peloy at chapus.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 09:59:13AM -0600, Brent Bolin wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your quick reply.
>>
>> I have (3) ZOTAC IONITX-A-U Atom N330 1.6GHz Dual-Core Mini ITX Intel
>> Motherboard front ends.
>>
>> The best playback for OTA HD recordings I use is "High Quality"(no
>> vdpau).  I have tried the stock vdpau(slim, normal, high quality) with
>> bad results.  Also tried some custom playbacks with the same result.
>>
>> Jerky, slow motion, pixelation etc...
>>
>> The CPU runs about 30% usage with this.  The playback is very good.
>
> Very good? I assume you mean "very bad", right?
>
>> I have just noticed when playing ripped DVD's it works fine.  Even
>> using vdpau high quality.  CPU usage goes down to less then 5%.
>>
>> So I'm beginning to think something else isn't configured correct for
>> recording OTA HD.
>
> So playing a ripped DVD works great but playing an OTA HD recording has
> "Jerky, slow motion, pixelation etc..." issues, right?
>
>> The OTA recordings are very large.
>>
>> Here is the file size of the David Letterman show -
>>
>> 7808495588
>
> What happens if you play this file with mplayer? Can you run the "file"
> command on this file?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Eloy Paris.-
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Playing with High Quality looks very good.  CPU usage is more then
when using vdpau, but would like to use vdpau since the motherboard
supports it.

I have not tried to play the OTA file with another player.

The file command for this file only shows "data"