[streaming] Re: HDTV streaming and playing with VLC

[Chhaya, Harshal]

Ilan,

> Can you suggest the h/w-platform I should use: CPU power 
> (I'm using PC platforms); Screen card; Other.

In my experience you need a PC with a Pentium 4 running
at 3 GHz or higher. Even with a 2.4Ghz P-4, the decoding
takes up a lot of CPU cycles and the result is jerky
playback.

I haven't tried different video cards but I have a pretty
good one (ATI Radeon 9000 with 128MB RAM) and it works.


> Does the VLC support high quality HDTV streaming and playing.

Yes but you need to make sure that your PC can handle the
reception and playback of the high-def content and that your
wireless link supports the needed data rate.


> Can you suggest a location of HDTV content (clips) which are 
> freely available.

MPEG2-HD content is a bit hard to find. You can find some
short clips at 
http://www.moonlight.co.il/support/research/dxva/test.php

Other vendors of ATSC tuner cards like Dvico also have
some short demo clips on their site. 

MPEG4-HD clips are easier to find. You can get them at 
http://www.divx.com/hd/  MPEG4-HD data rates are much lower
than MPEG2-HD and consequently these look much better when
played back through a wireless link.

If streaming MPEG4-HD is good enough for you, try that.
Else get the best PC you can get in order to do MPEG2-HD
streaming.

Let me know if you have any more questions,
- Harshal

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