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ASiegel wrote:
So, according to your description, you plan to have your smartphone simultaneously decode 1080P video, encode the decoded video frames in a different format and stream everything to your MorphOS system via wi-fi.
Put like that it does seem ill-considered.
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A few comments:
1. A lower compression video codec that might enable you to play 1080P video on your MorphOS system sufficiently well will require substantially more network bandwidth than h.264 would. The required bandwidth would most likely far exceed what you can expect your small smartphone to deliver reliably.
2. If you use a lower compression video codec and adapt the quality to reduce network bandwidth to reasonable levels, the video quality will be notably worse than what you would see if you just played a 720P h.264 version of the original 1080P content on your MorphOS system locally.
For your specific situation, my recommendation would be to purchase an inexpensive media streamer (50 UKP on Amazon UK) and connect that to your TV. It should happily play 1080P video from shared network resources (harddisk connected to a router, computers, smartphones, etc.).
All good points, and food for though.
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