[mythtv-users] Quicktime 1080p mov files smoother than 720p mkv (Debian)

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Jongi <jongitech at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 10:15 -0400, Paul Gallaway wrote:
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> [snip]
>> mythtv-debian:~# glxinfo | grep direct
>> direct rendering: Yes
>>     GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test, GL_EXT_direct_state_access,
>> mythtv-debian:~# xvinfo
>> X-Video Extension version 2.2
>> screen #0
>>   Adaptor #0: "NV17 Video Texture"
>>     number of ports: 32
>>     port base: 283
>>     operations supported: PutImage
>>     supported visuals:
> [snip]
>
> Thought of something else. Are you using the internal player? I've had
> to resort to using mplayer for h.264 files and VLC for DVD playback.
> There have been a number of discussions that the the 0.21-fixes branch
> uses internal libraries from an older version of ffmpeg that are
> somewhat outdated relative to what is in mplayer, VLC, xine etc. See
> if the file will work through mplayer from the command line. If that
> works you can change the program used per file extension under the
> mythvideo setup screen. Let us know how it goes.
>
> ~pAul.
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> It just occurred to me what you are saying. mplayer is an external program
> tht mythtv calls and is independent to whether mythv has vdpau support or
> not. so as long as i have an mplayer that supports vdpau (which version
> would that be?), i should set the vdpau option for mplayer as long as i am
> running an nvidia driver that suports it?
>
> If so, what are the typical mplayer options that should boost 720p/1080p
> playback?
>

mplayer -vo vdpau -vc ffh264vdpau

-vc has in fact 4 options depending what you are playing

mplayer -vc help|grep vdpau
ffmpeg12vdpau ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg MPEG-1/2 (VDPAU)  [mpegvideo_vdpau]
ffwmv3vdpau ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg WMV3/WMV9 (VDPAU)  [wmv3_vdpau]
ffvc1vdpau  ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg WVC1 (VDPAU)  [vc1_vdpau]
ffh264vdpau ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg H.264 (VDPAU)  [h264_vdpau]