[linux-dvb] Re: What DVB-S-Card, some questions remain

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Marcus Kuba wrote:
> 
> [...]
> > The "budget" cards vailable from Haupauge is supported, but did not have
> > an MPEG decoder on board (decoding is done in sw and need some cpu power)
> > and you can not use CI-CAM to decode encrypted channels.
> 
> I already asked this here... has anybody tried this card with vdr (as
> secondary card, only for recording and epg-scanning) and does it work?
> 
> > There are 2 options:
> > - buy one of the siemens / Haupauge / technotrend cards (hardware and
> > price is almost the same)
> > - or buy the cheaper "budget" card
> 
> This depends on what one wants to do. If you want to watch something with
> VDR, I think you must have at least one "full-version" of the card.

That's right. VDR needs one card that has an MPEG decoder to view recordings.
All other cards (if present) need not have an MPEG decoder if they are used
only for recording and EPG scanning.

Klaus
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