Re: Mpeg 1 play on Roku

Dave Dodge <[email protected]> Tue, 6 Jul 2004 14:54:59 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.hardware.roku.technical
Message-ID	<20040706185459.GD31639@basmati>

On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 06:29:02PM +0000, Jon wrote:
> ... why are there no apps that play Mpeg 1's on the Roku?

Probably because the HD1000 has hardware acceleration specifically for
MPEG-2.  Anything else will require software decoding or transcoding,
which could easily require more CPU power or memory than what the
HD1000 has available.

Converting the video to MPEG-2 on a much faster system is probably the
easiest solution.  See the suggestion about using VLC.

                                                  -Dave Dodge