On Thursday 17 November 2005 10:39, Michael T. Dean wrote: > Steve Adeff wrote: > >On Wednesday 16 November 2005 03:23, Rudy Zijlstra wrote: > >>Michael T. Dean wrote: > >>>Rudy Zijlstra wrote: > >>>>It does not support MPEG4 H.264 which will be used for broadcasting > >>>>in Europe, and most likely also China. > >>> > >>>Are they using H.264 for high-definition stuff? If so, a lot of > >>>European MythTV users are going to have to spend a whole lot of money > >>>on processors... > >>> > >>>Mike > >> > >>H.264 will be used for HD yes, also for SD, though likely that will be > >>on IP (telco's) and over DVB-T. On SAT i expect the combination of > >>DVB-S2 with H.264. > >> > >>Myth will also have to learn the new types that have been approved to > >>signal H.264 in DVB. Currently it ignores H.264 broadcasts as non-TV > >>broadcasts (Yes, H.264 broadcasting has started). > >> > >>Rudy > >> > >>P.S. DVB-S2 PCI cards haven't hit the market yet.... > > > >Dish and DirecTV are moving to H264 as well, I know they both recently > > sent up satelites for using mpeg4 and many expect the switch by the end > > of next year. > > But that just means that DISH and DirecTV will be spending a lot of > money on processors* (or, more likely, satellite customers will be > paying a lot of money for new receivers ;). Since DISH and DirecTV > don't allow dumping of the stream (i.e. via firewire), the only output > from their receivers will be RF Modulated/S-Video/Composite (for NTSC) > or Component/DVI/HDMI (for ATSC)--which means Myth will never see the > H.264, so Myth users won't need to worry. :) > > Mike > > *Actually, they'll probably get dedicated H.264 decoders, which will be > much cheaper than Athlon X2 4800+ processors. The 4800+ should come > close to being able to decode 1080i60 ([EMAIL PROTECTED] frames/sec (60 > fields/sec)) in software in real-time, although I still don't think it > will quite make it. Maybe the 5000+ will... >
yes, they plan on everyone with HD recievers getting new ones, they will use dedicated decoder (as there are various on the market already) and from what I understand they will all be HD-DVR's with 1080p capable output. Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
