On 01/16/2008 05:17 PM, Stephen Rowles wrote: >> The current BBC HD transmissions, prior to the official launch of Freesat >> are DVB-S, and broadcast From Astra 28.2E. There was some talk of a >> possible >> move to DVB-S2 at some time in the future, but I don't have a reference >> for >> this and haven't seen anything more about it in the last few months. >> >> AFAIK, all the current BBC HD transmissions are 1080i. > > Ouchy, > > I'll revise my hardware estimate then if they are 1080i I will need a > seriously quick processor, or the VAAPI project to get off the ground > quickly then :D > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb mailing list > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > With an mplayer compiled half a year ago or so I can watch BBC HD recordings on my Athlon 64 X2 4200+ when using mplayer -lavdopts fast:skiploopfilter=all. It runs smooth and picture quality is only hurt a little bit (especially in very fast action scenes). Current BBC HD broadcast is DVB-S, probably because 1 transponder for 1 channel would be ridiculous. On the same transponder you also find BBC 1 CI and BBC 1 Cambridge. Video is h.264 1440*1080i. _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
