Hello there!
I'm new to the forum. Borrowed a Humax Foxsat HDR a few days ago as a possible replacement for my Virgin Media TiVo. So far it's shaping up very well indeed.
I'm looking to record the odd show or film in unencrypted 1080i50 HD format, with the intent of playing them back on my Acer Revo R3610 which has sufficient GPU power to hardware decode. Problem is, the handful of options I've tried have been flawed in one way or the other.
I'm working with a 50m test file of a BBC HD Preview with various excerpts from broadcast programs. Here is what I have found so far.
XBMC: Video/sound work, video is choppy on fast motion/quick cuts
VLC: Video/sound work, video is unbearably choppy, no GPU decoding
MPC: Video/sound work, video is smooth but with poor/no deinterlacing
Win MP 12: Video works, no sound, deinterlacing good, slightly high CPU
Ideally I'd like to get smooth playback via XBMC (which can sync screen refresh rate to source video) but failing that any alternatives would be fine for now.
I've eliminated the network as a suspect because the same problems occur whether the file is streamed via SMB/FTP from the Humax or from the HDD on the Revo directly.
Anyone who's been there, done that, I'd appreciate some tips! Thanks.