[mythtv-users] Is this beefy machine really not enough to drive HD at 1080p?

[Dean Harding]

Scott Harris wrote:
> mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet -lavdopts fast:skiploopfilter=all  -vo xv
> I don't get the error.
> 
> However, with either test I can see some obvious pixilation and the
> image is much less clear than playing without the skiploopfilter.
> It seems odd to me that forcing multiple cpu usage causes the issue
> to manifest itself sooner, if at all.

But that's kind of the point. Default options provide the best image 
quality (generally), the options you've specified there make the 
decoding process quicker, but lower quality.

MPEG-4 requires a *lot* of CPU power to decode in software. I'm not 100% 
sure, but I don't think even an Athlon X2 5600+ (like you've got) would 
be able to do it at 1080p with full-quality options...

I pray for the day PureVideo/Avivo (or equivalent) becomes available on 
Linux :-)

Dean.