[Open-graphics] Amount of CPU required to decode video

[James Richard Tyrer]

Simon wrote:
> Just some rough calculation:
> 10(Mib/s) * 3600(s/h) / 8(b/B) = 4.5GiB/h, which is over double the
> quality of DVD video, before accounting for the better compression
> ratio afforded by h.264 versus mpeg2.  So this would seem to indicate
> to me that the power of a modern CPU is more than enough to provide an
> acceptable viewing experience to users.

IIUC, that is for DVD.  I think that we are talking about HD-DVD which 
is 1080p/30.

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JRT