[mythtv-users] Cannot play recorded HD H264, advice on faster hardware needed

[Daniel Agar]

> I've managed to make MythTV recordings from the local cable in HD (H264,
> 1080i at 50).
> However, I do not have a PC that is fast enough to play these recordings
> back....
> The latest Minimyth (21.0-50) can play this without choking on the file
> format (as can the latest ffplay and mplayer, built from svn) but on my
> hardware, AMD3500 (single core, 2.2GHz), it does not even go at "half real
> time".
>
> I have put a 9MB fragment (file called sheep9.mpg) here:
> http://www.box.net/shared/yeo9ymakg0
>
> Maybe somebody with MythTV on fast processor can check if they can play
> this
> file and advice me on what hardware (processor /video card) I need for
> this?
>
> Thanks,
> Klaas.

Very jerky stopping every second or two on an X2 3800 m2npv-vm onboard
geforce 6150. Although this is a fedora 8 box that hasn't been updated in
months. I didn't even bother trying on my Athlon 3500 minimyth frontend.