[mythtv-users] hdhr file troubles on atv2

[belcampo]

Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 2/14/2011 09:51, David Evans wrote:
>> I picked up a atv2 about a week ago and I have been tinkering with it.
>>   I have xbmc running on it and using the built in myth:// protocol I
>> can play SD files without any trouble.  The issue that I am having is
>> with files produced by the hdhr.  They will load up but I get a severe
>> stutter with the audio and they are unwatchable.  I tried loading the
>> files via a smb mount and I get constant buffering.
>>
>> I figured the solution would be to transcode the files down to a mpeg4
>> format that should be easier for the ATV2 to play but I'm struggling
>> with the settings of mythtranscode to get a file that plays cleanly.
>> If I could get any insight it would be great.
> 
> The ATV2 does not support hardware acceleration of the MPEG2 output by a 
> digital tuner, nor the HD MPEG4 output by mythtranscode.  That means you 
> are relying on the woefully inadequate 1GHz ARM for software decoding.  
> Until XBMC has fully explored the VideoToolBox API and documented what 
> the device is actually capable of, rather than what Apple has restricted 
> the device to, the only authoritative reference on the decoding 
> performance of that device is on the Apple site.
I do have one for 2 weeks and it can play BluRay as input-format.
I use makemkv to get the BD in a matroska container which I then serve 
with minidlna to upnp to XBMC on the atv2, although it scales it down to 
720p, but further it works very well.
> 
> http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html
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