[mythtv-users] MPEG4 bigger than MPEG2?

Ross Boylan RossBoylan at stanfordalumni.org
Sat Mar 10 21:03:39 UTC 2012


On Sun, 2012-03-11 at 09:46 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:

> simple: different containers have different overhead. TS has more
> overhead than PS. TS is designed so you can start watching anywhere in
> the stream  (eg when you turn the TV on) so presumably contains extra
> timing and sync info so a player/TV can pick up the stream anywhere
> along the way.
Thanks; I had thought the container was just a thin wrapper.

Does mythtv care at all about this information, e.g., if I jump to a
spot in a recording with a PS container might there be sync problems?

Ross



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