[mythtv-users] vdpau worth it for hdtv?

[freedenizen]

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Brad Templeton
<brad+myth at templetons.com> wrote:
> It also is less tolerant of errors in your recording which is an issue
> with stuff recorded off the air, and even some firewire recordings which
> do drop packets from time to time.

This corresponds to what I have seen as well.  If your recordings are
clean you should be fine, but if there are errors, rather then just a
little blockiness you may see if stutter or skip.