MVP and HDTV 1080p

[tso617]

Hi all,

I've just bought myself a Sony Bravia HDTV 1080p.

I decided to download a HD episode of 24 in 1080p format (700MB) and although it plays on my PC it will not play over the MVP.

Any ideas warmly welcomed please.

Kind regards.

[sub]

The MVP can only play standard definition video MPEG1 or MPEG2 video - no exceptions.

Depending on the file type, it can somtimes transcode the other file types to standard definition MPEG2 on the fly for you, but you need to have a fair bit of CPU for this to working.

[tso617]

I just tried the same episode at 720p and it works.

Then stopped the gb-pvr server and started the basic hauppageone and get the error "Data server CPU not fast enough for transcoding media"....what a bummer!

Backs up what you said - thanks.

So how much faster than a 2Gig CPU do you reckon I'll need? I feel another upgrade coming on...

[tso617]

I just tried the same episode at 720p and it works.

Then stopped the gb-pvr server and started the basic hauppageone and get the error "Data server CPU not fast enough for transcoding media"....what a bummer!

Backs up what you said - thanks.

So how much faster than a 2Gig CPU do you reckon I'll need? I feel another upgrade coming on...

[sub]

I've not done it myself with 1080p video, so I dont really know. It needs to be able to both decode and re-encode the video at the same time, in faster than realtime, so thats quite a bit of CPU. I'd probably suggest a dual core machine of some sort.

[tso617]

Aha...right, in the gb-pvr config I changed the decoder from system default to "MainConcept (Hauppage) MPEG Video" and now it plays back through the MVP - however, it doesn't look HD

Looking at task manager I can see ffmpeg taking 99% of the CPU, I guess this is normal.

"The MVP can only play standard definition video MPEG1 or MPEG2 video - no exceptions."

- no exceptions at all?

If I want to watch HDTV downloads from PC on my new telly, apart from a very long VIDEO cable to the the TV, can you recommend a device that will play it over the network?

Very kind regards.

[sub]

Aha...right, in the gb-pvr config I changed the decoder from system default to "MainConcept (Hauppage) MPEG Video" and now it plays back through the MVP - however, it doesn't look HD

Looking at task manager I can see ffmpeg taking 99% of the CPU, I guess this is normal.

"The MVP can only play standard definition video MPEG1 or MPEG2 video - no exceptions."

- no exceptions at all?

No exceptions. As I said above, this device can only play standard definition MPEG video, so its definitely not going to look HD because its not - its been downscaled to standard definition, and probably lost heaps of its quality during the 'on the flying' transcode.

[tso617]

Thanks for that.

Any suggestions for playing HD media from the PC to the TV?

[sub]

Any suggestions for playing HD media from the PC to the TV?

Most people just use a videocard to connect their PC to their TV. An nvidia 6600 or higher is usually recommended if you want to do HD.

[tso617]

Thanks, I figured that. My problem though is that I have a PC in the cellar with all my media on it and the TV is about 15 metres of cabling away. I could run a video cable to the TV and use is as a second monitor, however, I will lose the benefit of the remote control facility.

I think I'm going to have to look at a seperate system to sit under the telly