[mythtv] Current State for toggling x264 deblocking

John reidjr at btconnect.com
Sat May 10 10:28:21 UTC 2008


James Buckley wrote:
> Hi, I was just wondering what the current state is for being able to 
> toggle the x264 deblocking applied. With the advance of UK HDTV 
> channels (BBC HD, ITV on the new freesat), which are encoded in h.264, 
> many people will be wanting to watch them, but do not have the pc 
> specs to do with turning off the deblocking filter. Several months ago 
> I tried some patches which did this (and made BBC HD watchable), I was 
> just wondering whether it's now in trunk. Tried searching google, only 
> mention I could find is a Trac ticket (if thats it, when is it likely 
> to be in trunk).
>  
> Cheers, James
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Its not there at the moment (AFAIK). You now only need the one liner 
deblocking patch, as all the other issues stopping smooth BBC-HD have 
been fixed. I still hand patch. Last thing I heard Janne was intending 
to look at a more generalized way of passing arguments. 

john




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