Jake Anderson wrote:
> 1080p is pretty hard for most things to play.
> you need to know what codec the recorder is using, odds are its a 264 style.
> most of the software decoders for that are single threaded but the 
> design of the codec was such that it can multithread the decoding 
> efficiently, so if the machines are dual core you might be able to do it 
> that way.
> Alternatly you can use a graphics card to do the decoding, under linux 
> any nvidia card after an 8800 (might be 8400) supports offloading most 
> of the decoding to the card, I'm unsure if nvidias windows drivers 
> support this for free, They used to have "purevideo" for doing that kind 
> of thing but they charged a fee for the software.

The camera boasts "MPEG-4 AVC / H.264" so, you are right - it is h.264 
encoding.  I'll check the graphics card business when I get home 
tonight. Thanks!
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