[mythtvnz] CPU required for Freeview HD

[Steven Ellis]

On 20/08/2008, at 10:22 PM, Nick Rout wrote:

> Its nice to see sme real usage figures become apparent as the  
> patches are maturing.
>
> paul what are your chances of getting your patches accepted  
> upstream? I'd hate to see a mythtv-nz fork!

I have a feeling these patches will appear in 0.22 rather than 0.21- 
fixes. I had similar problems with 0.20 and MHEG etc.

>
>
> trouble is the US are not interested in DVB-T or h264

The UK also needs some of the same patches, especially for ITV HD.

Plus some of the US cable providers are switching to H.264 soon which  
will cause some issues for US cable boxes and firewire.

>
>
> well not until the hauppauge hd-pvr that is <evil laugh>

winks little finger?


>
>
> Slightly related - I see that a DVB-T version of the HDHomeRun is  
> due out any time soon (TM). As I understand it these devices tune to  
> a broadcast signal and send it out over ethernet. Do they just re- 
> send the stream as is or do they turn it into something more  
> palatable to a myth machine?

Interesting. Post any links you dig up.

Steve


Steven Ellis - Technical Director
OpenMedia Limited
email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz
website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz

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