[opendtv] Re: Good free Windows MPEG2 HP decoder?

  • From: "John Golitsis" <jgolitsis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 14:03:24 -0700

Downloaded it and it works perfectly!  Thanks!

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 09:41:36 -0700

>Oh, crap.  That's what I get for reading emails before the first dose of
>caffeine in the morning.
>
>VLC does live transcoding from MPEG-2 to qt, wm, etc and is extensible.
>
>Same license fee.  Same restrictions.
>
>John 
>
>
>-----Mensaje original-----
>De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
>nombre de John Golitsis
>Enviado el: Friday, October 05, 2007 8:29 AM
>Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Good free Windows MPEG2 HP decoder?
>
>Thanks John, but I'm actually looking for a DEcoder.
>
>On 5-Oct-07, at 11:21 AM, John Willkie wrote:
>
>> No, because none exist.
>>
>> Live output? Program stream or transport stream output?
>>
>> What type of input?  DVB-ASI?  SMPTE-310? SDI? HD-SDI?
>>
>> I'm going to assume that you are talking about file output and file  
>> input.
>>
>> Try VLC (www.videolan) and ffmpeg.  No cost, but you may find that  
>> they can
>> be fashioned to suit your needs.
>>
>> The MPEG-2 video license fee from MPEG-LA is $2.50 per unit.   
>> Neither of
>> these apps have paid the fee.
>>
>> TINSTAAFL.
>>
>> I am not saying that either of these applications will enable you to
>> generate ATSC compliant transport streams, but you can do MPEG-2  
>> compliant.
>>
>> DVB-ASI input or output cards will cost you about $1,000 a pop.
>>
>> In theory, with VLC, I can do this on my computer (two full duplex  
>> DVB-ASI
>> cards), but you will quickly find out that to do HD encoding, you  
>> will need
>> perhaps the most expensive personal computer you have ever heard  
>> of, or you
>> will be encoding from files to files.
>>
>> Hth
>>
>> John Willkie
>
>
> 
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