[mythtv-users] How much is too much CPU?
Brian J. Murrell
brian at interlinx.bc.ca
Fri May 31 14:55:34 UTC 2013
On 13-05-31 10:52 AM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>
> iOS devices have no hardware MPEG2 support,
Neither do (most?) Android devices. None of mine do anyway. So I just
use software MPEG2 decode. Here at home, power is plentiful. :-)
> or rather they do, but it is
> locked out in software. The only way to do hardware MPEG2 playback is
> to root the device and install something that accesses an undocumented,
> low level video interface.
How nice.
> If they're intentionally restricting the ability of the hardware to play
> the content, they're not going to be too keen on allowing software to
> perform software decoding of it.
Right. Welcome to the walled-garden where you do what what we say you
can do with the device you bought and own and no more. Thanks for your
business. Next customer please.
Cheers,
b.
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