[mythtv-users] Playback of HDTV MPEG recordings on Mac OS

[Brian Wood]

On Sunday 12 April 2009 12:48:19 Seth Heckard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have somewhat of an off-topic question, but I figure this is as good
> of a place to ask as any.
>
> I have an Air2PC card that I use with MythTV to record my TV shows.  I
> travel a lot and copy the MPEG files from the MythTV computer to my
> laptop, a MacBook Pro (late 2008 edition).  It may not be the most
> elegant solution, but it enables me to catch up on my recordings on
> the road.
>
> However, the playback is pretty choppy using VLC.  Watching a 1080i
> file at fullscreen, it stutters a bunch, and that's without any
> de-interlacing or filters.  Quicktime does not recognize the MPEG
> files as valid, which is a shame, because I believe it is hardware
> accelerated.

I think you have to get the MPEG2 codec for Quicktime if you want to play such 
files with it. Last time I checked they wanted $20 or so for that.

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