[mythtv-users] How much is too much CPU?

Chris Finley debenbain at gmail.com
Mon Jun 3 22:37:44 UTC 2013


On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:09 PM, George Nassas <gnassas at mac.com> wrote:
> On 2013-06-03, at 4:40 PM, Warpme <warpme at o2.pl> wrote:
>
>> Intel gives me 1080->720p. 720p is OK; 768p is too much :-(
>
> I find it unnecessary to use such a high resolution. With HD source material you can HLS down to DVD-quality 720x480 and then let your device scale up to fill its screen. You can hardly tell the difference and it makes things go so much faster.
>
> - George
>

Faster in what part of the process? I was thinking about avoiding the
HLS transcoding costs at the increased cost of wireless bandwidth. I
agree that the actual resolution is probably not that important.

Is it even possible to stream the native resolution without transcoding?

Great help, thanks!


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