Hi,
Matt> Even then, this depends completely on what else the platform has to
Matt> do as well as what profile/level of MPEG-2 you are decoding. Something
Matt> like a ~800Mhz e500 core has no chance of handling a main profile high
Matt> level MPEG-2 stream for playback (typically 720p/1080i video). A high-end
Matt> (1.45Ghzish) 7457 with an optimized altivec mpeg2 software decode library
Matt> and a video card with iDCT assist is about the minimum PPC for these
Matt> applications.
It is not that quality. I dont know decoding algoritms. But I have a film
encoded bu Xvid.
Video Codec
Aspect ratio: 592 x 320 (1.850 : 1)
Frame/Sec : 25
Avg Bitrate : 1175 kb/s
I think quality is sufficiently enough. My Celeron 466/440 BX buddy does a good
job.
Matt> This is why most consumer products are using something with a decoder,
Matt> like the integrated one in the IBM STBxxxx chips or
I am looking for probable and reasonable powerful cpu based solutions without
going in that
direction...
Matt> the Sigma Designs decoders.
AFAIK, it does not support PPC platform...
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