[mythtv-users] Is 0.28 going to support HEVC does anyone know?

[Andre Newman MythTV]

> On 12 Jan 2016, at 16:07, Stuart Auchterlonie <stuarta at squashedfrog.net> wrote:
> 
> On 12/01/16 13:04, Bjoern Voigt wrote:
>> Another Sillyname wrote:
>>> IF (and it's a big IF) the German transmissions have complied with the
>>> HEVC standard they SHOULD work.....the problem will be if anyone has
>>> done some 'tinkering'.
>>> 
>>> This wikipedia piece makes interesting reading as the likelyhood of
>>> licencing costs is raising it's ugly head.
>>> 
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding
>> We will see. Currently testing is complicated:
>> 
>>  * the test broadcasts in Berlin, Munich and Cologne-Bonn are not for end users, which may not be important for us
> 
> But useful

I have a linux system with antenna at a broadcast company in Munich, I’ll see if it's pointing the right way to get the tests.

The tuner is currently DVBT but I have a spare T2 tuner I could bring here in February.

I also have some raw whole mux recordings of the BBC UHD H265 world cup test transmissions, I can make some clips available if it’s useful to any interested developer? Doubtful that it’s representative of current h265 practice as that was all a long time ago now but I have them.

> 
> 
> - The encryption is a different matter altogether, you would be able to
> record an encrypted stream, but the recordings would be unwatchable
> without having been decrypted via an approved smart card / CAM.

I may have connections to be loaned one of those.

> 
>> 
>> I am confident that if functions like channel search, tuning, EIT, stream demultiplexing etc. are working, HEVC compatible decoding will not be a big issue.

I also have a machine available with enough grunt for h265 decoding with current ffmpeg optimisations and also a GTX960 which supports h265 in vdpau.

Andre



>> 
> 
> Yes these work
> 
> 
> Regards
> Stuart Auchterlonie
> MythTV Developer
> 
> 
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