[mythtv-users] Playback of HDTV, HDHomeRun

[Roger Heflin]

Eric (MythTV) wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>> As a datapoint i am able to play back my hdhomerun recordings on a P4
>> 2.8 GHz using a nvidia 5200 without any problems (and no xvmc). I did
>> use to have problems with it when i was using an old ATI card however.
> 
> Sorry for jumping into this thread, but is there anywhere I can download 
> a sample file from a HDHomeRun?  Nothing done to it, just a straight-up 
> recording?  I'd like to be able to see if my setup can play it back 
> without problems or not.
> 
> I downloaded some other sample high-def stuff, but its not in the same 
> format as what would come out of the HDHR...  and since I'm thinking 
> about getting an HDHR, it would be nice to be able to test a file.
> 
> Thanks......
> --Eric

Most of the ATSC tuners take the MPEG2 stream that the broadcaster/cable company 
puts on the air/cable and puts that on directly on disk, about the only change 
that the ATSC tuner does is it typically splits out multiple channel streams and 
only puts the one you asked for on disk on channels that sub-channels.

Now the broadcaster/cable companies have a number of different formats that they 
deliver, currently most intensive one is 1080i (1920x1080 interlaced), and you 
need a decent machine and video card to play that back.   The 720p stuff takes 
quite a bit less to play back.

                            Roger