[opendtv] Re: Pros/Cons of DSP processor based MPEG softwaredecoder or hardware based MPEG decoder

  • From: "Tom McMahon" <TLM@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 22:48:28 -0800

Ahh, yes, and if you can solve the A/V sync issue for the industry more power 
to you! 

-----Original Message-----
From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Kon Wilms
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 10:29 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Pros/Cons of DSP processor based MPEG softwaredecoder or 
hardware based MPEG decoder

A monkey can write 10 lines of c code to wait for a sync byte...

Cheers
Kon
(Just saying!)

On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 22:00 -0800, Tom McMahon wrote:
> And gracefully exit and enter the transport stream. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Jack
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 2:29 PM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: Pros/Cons of DSP processor based MPEG software 
> decoder or hardware based MPEG decoder
> 
> 
> > 4) The notion of dynamically swappable SW video decoders may=20 work 
> > on PCs but it won't work very well in STBs and DTV sets.=20  The 
> > possibility of doing a channel change between, say,=20 H.264/AVC and
> > VC-1 and not having a long burp in the video is=20 remote without a 
> > lot of very careful systems work (which=20 hasn't been done yet by 
> > any standards body).
> 
> As long as the decoder can decode a frame of video and swap codec = 
> operation in less than 1/2 video frame, you could do it with proper buffer = 
> management.


 
 
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