[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun - Comcast shut off clear QAM

[Andre Newman]

On 12 Dec 2013, at 17:51, Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> ....
>> Oh, my.  I had no *idea* VDPAU was that sloppy.  Crap, and I just bought
>> a new NV card.  <sigh>
> 
> Every nVidia hardware decoder generation has slightly different
> "improvements".  The GT220 that Micheal has has PureVideo/VDPAU
> feature set VP4/C.  Any (recent) card probably has feature set VP5/D.
> While most of the documented improvements are capabilities
> (bigger (UHD), faster decode (3D) limits), I have seen references
> to decoder fixes.  Would a newer gen fix Micheal's decode issues?

I've seen subtle but useful improvements in the last three generations, although I've been told I'm "imagining it" ;-)

> Without testing, I do not think we know.

Mike, send me a clip and I'll try it on three generations of VDPAU, I've got a GT9400, GT220, GT640 (oh and a GT430 which works ok now with recent driver versions).


>  And, as I have stated
> on the list before, artifacts that bug some people to distraction
> are completely invisible to others (until it is pointed out to them,
> and then they are ruined for life :-)

I'm already ruined, can't get any worse, actually I'm working on some UHDTV stuff now so maybe it can…

Andre