On Friday 07 October 2005 22:06, Patrick Watson wrote: > Steve Adeff wrote: > > On Friday 07 October 2005 20:26, Patrick Watson wrote: > >> bill peck wrote: > >>> On 10/7/05, *Bruce Smith* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Will it play shows from the backend that have been transcoded to > >>> MPEG-4? > >>> No it will not. The roku can only decode MPEG1 and MPEG2. > >> > >> Unfortunately that kills it for me. MPEG-4 and similar codecs like DivX, > >> Xvid, etc are a must-have for me. MythMusic and MythGame are nice too. > >> :) > >> > >> Patrick > > > > is mpeg-4 a cpu problem or? > > I'm not sure if you meant that as a "why doesn't MPEG-4 work?" or a "Why > is MPEG-4 a must have?" > As far as why it doesn't work, I have no idea. The only experience I > have with this device is this email thread. As for my reasons: I > transcode everything to MPEG-4 so that it doesn't eat up as much disk > space. Thus, if I were to loose MPEG-4 playback, most of my library > wouldn't be playable. > > Patrick
yea, I meant why won't it play them. someone else answered that. But I agree with you, my front end HAS to be able to play mpeg-4 as I as well archive using XviD. Here's waiting for that day! Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users