[mythtv] Ticket #9341: H264 doesn't play back watchably on Windows frontend

[Robert McNamara]

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Jerry Rubinow <jerrymr at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:37 PM, <noreply at mythtv.org> wrote:
>>
>> #9341: H264 doesn't play back watchably on Windows frontend
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------+---------------------------
>>  Reporter:  Jerry Rubinow <jerrymr@…>          |          Owner:  nigel
>>     Type:  Bug Report                         |         Status:  closed
>>  Priority:  minor                              |      Milestone:  unknown
>> Component:  Ports - Windows                    |        Version:
>>  Severity:  medium                             |  0.23-fixes
>>  Keywords:                                     |     Resolution:  Invalid
>>                                               |  Ticket locked:  0
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------+---------------------------
>> Changes (by robertm):
>>
>>  * status:  new => closed
>>  * resolution:   => Invalid
>>
>>
>> Comment:
>>
>>  Your Ion box isn't even close to powerful enough to handle that content
>> in
>>  Windows, for which MythTV lacks hardware decode support.
>
> I considered this possibility but figured the CPU usage would be much
> higher, instead of just around 35%.  Shouldn't it be pegged?  In any case,
> thanks for the quick turnaround on the ticket.
> -Jerry

You may wish to follow the progress of this ticket:

http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/8620

When Myth supports DXVA in Windows, you may have more hope.  As it
stands, however, Myth on Windows on ION with anything besides low to
moderate bitrate material, particularly H.264, will probably be a
recipe for disappointment.

Robert