> If you could build a working xvmc system, it would change the price of > the package. You would not longer need to buy a modern generation, ie. new, > machine, as I would expect that the prior generation (sub-2ghz) would > do HDTV with xvmc. Have people with the faster epia systems had them > display hdtv? Prior-generation hardware is of course often not simply > cheap, but hanging around spare, ie. free.
XvMC only doesn't work if you seek. Also, it still takes about a 2ghz system for displaying the video *only* if you're transcoding... read below.. > Hard to escape the need for a big disk. Though since almost all HDTVs > owned by budget conscious people are no more than 1280x720, you can plan > to transcode down all HDTV to this resolution mp4 -- but then xmvc is out. > I don't have the figures on how much CPU it takes to play 1280x720 mp4. 1280x720 takes about a 1.9 ghz system. You also only would save a slight bit of space because you would only be transcoding 1080i, which would be a pro since you would not be de-interlacing in real time. A con though is myth isn't smart enough yet to transcode to different resolutions based on the original resolution.. so you would transcode 480i/480p video to 720p, which would take up more space.. If you're transcoding, you're using a LOT of cpu, and so you can't watch HD and transcode at the same time with good results on a slower PC. It takes about 3.5x as long to transcode HD to 1024x576 in my tests (amd 2500) as the shows running length. This means if you have a slower system and record just 4-6 shows a day your system may be maxed out 24/7. --Brandon
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