[mythtvnz] DVB-T HD - what level in the h264 standard?

[Stephen Worthington]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 08:05:01 +1300, you wrote:

>Having seen various reports emerge about VDPAU I would be interested
>to know what "Level" the h264 encoding on the various DVB-T
>transmissions on Freeview.
>
>For example Scott Davilla on the mythtv-user list tells me that in
>relation to a PCI 8400 card with an Atom cpu. "720p h.264 L4.1 levels
>of various profiles [works fine]. bit-rate does not seem to matter.
>Given this, 1080p of L4.1 should also be fine. L5.1 levels need to
>wait for the nvidia driver to improve. Most of my 720p content is via
>HD-PVR."
>
>Anyone able to comment?

Here are some MediaInfo reports of the profile levels and total (video
+ audio) bit rates of some recordings I have lying around:

TVOne:
  "Sunday_ Post Election Special - TV ONE - 2008-11-09.ts"
  Main at L4.0, 8207 Kbps

  "Artsville_ Ian Athfield - Architect Of Dreams - TV ONE -
2008-11-30.ts"
  Main at L4.0, 8280 Kbps

  "Beat Squad -  - 2008-11-24 - 7_30 p.m..ts"
  Main at L4.0, 9577 Kbps

TV2:
  "Moonlight -  - 2008-11-27 - 10_30 p.m..ts"
  Main at L4.0, 8546 Kbps

  "Terminator_ The Sarah Connor Chronicles -  - 2008-11-26 - 9_30
p.m..ts"
  Main at L4.0, 7538 Kbps

TV3:
  "Heroes -  - 2008-11-19 - 8_30 p.m..ts"
  High at L4.0, 11.0 Mbps

  "House -  - 2008-11-25 - 8_30 p.m..ts"
  High at L4.0, 11.0 Mbps

  "CSI_ New York -  - 2008-10-14 - 8_30 p.m..ts"
  High at L4.0, 11.0 Mbps

C4:
  "Cops -  - 2008-11-27 - 10_00 p.m..ts"
  Main at L3.0, 5355 Kbps