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<blockquote data-quote="skoka123" data-source="post: 787555" data-attributes="member: 86957"><p>Hi mm & Tourettes,</p><p></p><p>Sorry to trouble you once again. Please help me understand the problem a bit more in detail.</p><p></p><p>I would think if my GPU supports hardware encoding then it will also support hardware decoding. Am I wrong? Or is it possible that the the HDMI feed is simply being written to the disk without assistance from the GPU?</p><p></p><p>I do not think and cannot believe that the input stream from STB is all h.264 unless the STB is converting the MPEG2 SD to h.264. I say this because the satellite provider does not have enough bandwidth (transponder space) to add new MPEG4 channels or even simulcast in MPEG2 and MPEG4. They already have few millions of MPEG2 STBs already installed. All of us (MPEG2 & MPEG4 STB owners) point to the same satellites (<a href="http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/tatasky.html" target="_blank">Tata Sky on Insat 4A at 83.0°E - LyngSat</a>).</p><p></p><p>This leads me to believe that the STB is upscaling the MPEG2 SD video content to h.264. I guess there will be some setting in the STB to prevent the upscaling.</p><p></p><p>Though MPEG2 consumes more space than MPEG4 I am certain that the actual bit rate used by my satellite provider will be much lower than the upscaled h.264 such that the overall disk utilized will be lower the the upscaled h.264.</p><p></p><p>You say that the video is h.264 then shouldn't it be recognized as one by Windows 7. Why does it show up as MPEG-2 in file properties in Windows Explorer. Does it point to some codec issues?</p><p></p><p>Coming to GPU capabilities, the GPU capabilities of the server is much below the capabilities of the client. As I do not have a spare pci-e slot the only option is probably to go for a new motherboard. Would an AMD Llano A8-3850 APU be good enough (<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103942)?" target="_blank">Newegg.com - Suggested Products</a></p><p></p><p>If only I could get a Videoguard CAM I would have gone for a DVB-S2 card instead of the Colossus <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />.</p><p></p><p>Once again thanks a lot for helping me understand the problem and fix it.</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Srikanth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skoka123, post: 787555, member: 86957"] Hi mm & Tourettes, Sorry to trouble you once again. Please help me understand the problem a bit more in detail. I would think if my GPU supports hardware encoding then it will also support hardware decoding. Am I wrong? Or is it possible that the the HDMI feed is simply being written to the disk without assistance from the GPU? I do not think and cannot believe that the input stream from STB is all h.264 unless the STB is converting the MPEG2 SD to h.264. I say this because the satellite provider does not have enough bandwidth (transponder space) to add new MPEG4 channels or even simulcast in MPEG2 and MPEG4. They already have few millions of MPEG2 STBs already installed. All of us (MPEG2 & MPEG4 STB owners) point to the same satellites ([url=http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/tatasky.html]Tata Sky on Insat 4A at 83.0°E - LyngSat[/url]). This leads me to believe that the STB is upscaling the MPEG2 SD video content to h.264. I guess there will be some setting in the STB to prevent the upscaling. Though MPEG2 consumes more space than MPEG4 I am certain that the actual bit rate used by my satellite provider will be much lower than the upscaled h.264 such that the overall disk utilized will be lower the the upscaled h.264. You say that the video is h.264 then shouldn't it be recognized as one by Windows 7. Why does it show up as MPEG-2 in file properties in Windows Explorer. Does it point to some codec issues? Coming to GPU capabilities, the GPU capabilities of the server is much below the capabilities of the client. As I do not have a spare pci-e slot the only option is probably to go for a new motherboard. Would an AMD Llano A8-3850 APU be good enough ([url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103942)?]Newegg.com - Suggested Products[/url] If only I could get a Videoguard CAM I would have gone for a DVB-S2 card instead of the Colossus :(. Once again thanks a lot for helping me understand the problem and fix it. Thanks, Srikanth [/QUOTE]
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