[mythtv-users] PVR-250 and MPEG2 question
Michael J. Lynch
mlynch at gcom.com
Tue Sep 21 14:43:50 EDT 2004
Jarod Wilson wrote:
>On Tuesday 21 September 2004 10:44, Michael J. Lynch wrote:
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>>Any idea how much P3 CPU crank is needed to view 720x480 8Mb/s MPEG2
>>video?
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>My Athlon 800 with a GeForce 4 MX had no problems handling that exact MPEG2
>spec.
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Cool...now I just have to convince the wife it's worth spending the
bucks on a PVR-250. That "soaps are
in jeopardy of not being recorded" strategy seems viable. :-)
>>Is MPEG2 decoding
>>significantly more processor intesive than MPEG4 decoding?
>>
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>MPEG2 decoding is less processor-intensive than MPEG4. Less decompression to
>do. MPEG2 is also at least somewhat standardized, while there are umpteen
>different MPEG4 variants...
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