Greg, Thanks for the explanation. So i guess in the end, mvp only understands mpeg2. So, like you said, the transcoding from mpeg4/divx etc has to happen at the server side.
IMHO, media mvp can be a very good frontend under $100 for serving analog/SDTV. I was thinking about using an XBOX as frontend. But I think I'll go with MVP right now. I went to another forum and found out that I need to get a D3A version (yellow sticker on the box). D3 version was very bad. Mudit --- Greg Estabrooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i know it supports mpeg1/2 but not mpeg4. > > mpeg4 -- is it not possible because of hardware issues or software issues ? > > I went to > > the source forge site but couldn't find any explanation why the mpeg4 is > > not supported. > > > It doesn't support it because the hardware doesn't have a built in mpeg4 > decoder and the cpu isn't fast enough to decode it by itself. The windows > based software does it by transcoding it on the server and serving up mpeg2 > to the device. > > There has been talk by several people of working on a transcoding server > that could convert a divx/xvid on the fly and feed mpeg2 to the mvp, bu so far > noone has done it. > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
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