[mythtv-users] Fujitsu's H.264 chip encodes/decodes in Full HD -- a world's first

[Ben Lancaster]

On 21 May 2007, at 15:47, James Buckley wrote:

> Sorry for the unorthodox post, however this just caught my eye!
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/fujitsus-h-264-chip-encodes- 
> decodes-in-full-hd-a-worlds-fir/
>
> Text from article: Fujitsu just announced a world's first H.264  
> chip capable of encoding/decoding 1920 x 1080 (60i/50i) video in  
> real time. The chip features 256MB of onboard FCRAM and ultra low  
> 750mW power draw when encoding video. That means lickity quick,  
> MPEG-2 quality processing with only a third, or half the required  
> storage. The ¥30,000 ($247) MB86H51 chip is available to OEMs  
> starting July 1st after which you'll find it bunged into the latest  
> up-scale, consumer-class video recorders.
>
> Now someone just needs to create a USB interface, and with a little  
> MythTV coding, I'm sure we could get hardware h.264 playback and  
> encoding. Could be useful for us UK guys in the future (out HD is h. 
> 264). $247 is quite steep though, and it can only process one  
> stream at a time, however for encoding (at least), it could  
> dramatically decrease the time taken to transcode to h.264, as well  
> as the storage required.

Good spot! watching with baited breath...

Ben

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