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<blockquote data-quote="WileECoyote" data-source="post: 747265" data-attributes="member: 83474">Hey SJeffrey,I'm with you on this one. I dont know enough about HDMI to make a determination. I was speaking mainly for the Component Inputs. It should consistently put out H264 video...I think we might be comparing oranges to apples on a few points?- The HD-PVR stutter - This may have been resloved recently by mm's refactoring of the classes, so we dont know that the issues still applies? Have you tried the HD-PVR with the newest library mm posted?- The HD-PVR Recordings - The reason I dont think this was an issue is because the HD-PVR encoded 2 channel sources to AC3, whereas the Colossus encodes 2 channel sources to AAC. MediaPortal would not have to switch codecs with the HD-PVR because both sources 5.1 &amp; 2 channel were both encoded to AC3, whereas the Colossus does have to switch codecs because 5.1 is encoded AC3 and the 2 channel is encoded AAC. (Im starting to believe this is a downfall with the Colossus. I would be nice if they would give us the option like they did with the HD-PVR.)- The HD-PVR Live TV - I agree on this, I think it was a hardware issue with the HD-PVR. But maybe someone with an HD-PVR can test to see if it is still an issue?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WileECoyote, post: 747265, member: 83474"] Hey SJeffrey, I'm with you on this one. I dont know enough about HDMI to make a determination. I was speaking mainly for the Component Inputs. It should consistently put out H264 video... I think we might be comparing oranges to apples on a few points? - The HD-PVR stutter - This may have been resloved recently by mm's refactoring of the classes, so we dont know that the issues still applies? Have you tried the HD-PVR with the newest library mm posted? - The HD-PVR Recordings - The reason I dont think this was an issue is because the HD-PVR encoded 2 channel sources to AC3, whereas the Colossus encodes 2 channel sources to AAC. MediaPortal would not have to switch codecs with the HD-PVR because both sources 5.1 & 2 channel were both encoded to AC3, whereas the Colossus does have to switch codecs because 5.1 is encoded AC3 and the 2 channel is encoded AAC. (Im starting to believe this is a downfall with the Colossus. I would be nice if they would give us the option like they did with the HD-PVR.) - The HD-PVR Live TV - I agree on this, I think it was a hardware issue with the HD-PVR. But maybe someone with an HD-PVR can test to see if it is still an issue? [/QUOTE]

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