[mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution

[bill peck]

On 10/7/05, Patrick Watson <patrick at patrickwatson.org> wrote:
>
> Steve Adeff wrote:
> > On Friday 07 October 2005 20:26, Patrick Watson wrote:
> >
> >> bill peck wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 10/7/05, *Bruce Smith* <blubdog at gmail.com
> >>> <mailto:blubdog at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Will it play shows from the backend that have been transcoded to
> >>> MPEG-4?
> >>> No it will not. The roku can only decode MPEG1 and MPEG2.
> >>>
> >> Unfortunately that kills it for me. MPEG-4 and similar codecs like
> DivX,
> >> Xvid, etc are a must-have for me. MythMusic and MythGame are nice too.
> :)
> >>
> >> Patrick
> >>
> >
> > is mpeg-4 a cpu problem or?
> I'm not sure if you meant that as a "why doesn't MPEG-4 work?" or a "Why
> is MPEG-4 a must have?"
> As far as why it doesn't work, I have no idea. The only experience I
> have with this device is this email thread. As for my reasons: I
> transcode everything to MPEG-4 so that it doesn't eat up as much disk
> space. Thus, if I were to loose MPEG-4 playback, most of my library
> wouldn't be playable.
>
> Patrick
> __________________


The reason why it won't work is because the device has a dedicated ASIC for
the Mpeg I/II playback. This is why it doesn't need a fan. The ASIC they are
using doesn't know how to decode Mpeg 4.

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