[mythtv-users] HDPVR Samples?

[jedi]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 02:27:13PM -0500, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 3/10/2011 14:11, greg at nodecam.com wrote:
> >> On 3/9/2011 7:35 PM, Greg Mitchell wrote:
> >>>> A long while ago, there used to be links to HDPVR samples posted on the
> >>>> wiki.  Do such thing still exist somewhere?  I would like to try
> >>>> playing
> >>>> some HDPVR recordings back on my frontend with 0.24-fixes, so that I
> >>>> can
> >>>> determine if it's worth my while to buy an HDPVR, or if it's going to
> >>>> require a frontend upgrade as well, which makes things more expensive.
> >> What hardware is your frontend?
> > It's a Dell Studio Hybrid - Core 2 Duo 2Ghz with intel graphics.  It's
> > able to play back H.264 HDTV that my current (IPTV) provider outputs, but
> > I'm going to have to switch away in the near term.
> 
> That ship should be capable of decoding moderate bitrate HDPVR output, 
> on the order of 10-11Mbps.  Full 13.5Mbps content will be too much for 
> it to handle.  The bitrate is controllable, so just set it to something 
> below the maximum your hardware can handle.

    When I was doing CPU decoding of HD-PVR recordings, whether or not the
CPU could keep up seemed to be dependent on the particular content more than
anything else. Things like fast pans seemed to really be a problem. At the
same bitrate, some shows would be fine while others would stutter.

    Although I never tried to tweak my bitrate on the high def stuff.