[linux-dvb] Re: DVB Feature Wishlist

[Rene Bartsch <ml@bartschnet.de>]

Am Die, 2003-07-01 um 15.06 schrieb Adrian Wilkins:
> Just got a shiny new Hauppauge DEC2000-T and spent the evening
> enjoying the Wimbledon coverage.
> 
> The primary aim of purchasing this box was to investigate the
> possibilities of a living-room PVR system.
> 
> With that in mind, I have started to compile a feature wishlist ; some
> of these things are obvious, like better integration with EPG
> information, etc, but I have a group of features that require certain
> technical capabilities in the box. A cursory search through this list
> has not turned up positive or negative  information regarding these
> features, so I'm going to ask.
> 
> Firstly, I believe someone has asked this already, but I saw no
> answer.
> 
> 1) Is there provision for a PC connected to the unit to drive the
> DEC2000 overlay UI in any way, and conversely, for the unit to send
> commands to the PC through the USB link?
> I think this is obviously technically feasible, but that it's likely
> that no provision exists in the current firmware.
> 
> And secondly, I have not seen this one asked.
> 
> 2) The unit is obviously capable of
> 	- receieving an MPEG2 stream through the tuner
> 	- decoding an MPEG2 stream to a framebuffer and thus rendering it to
> a TV
> 	- passing the MPEG2 stream from the tuner to a PC connected through
> the USB
> 
> 	So my question is, could you pass an MPEG2 stream to the DEC2000
> decoder from the PC via the USB link?
> 
> 	In addition, if the first is true, would the unit be capable of
> simultaneously streaming MPEG2 data from the tuner TO the PC, while
> receieving an MPEG2 stream FROM the PC and decoding it to the
> framebuffer?


Hauppauge claims the box to do recordings. That means the box can send
and receive MPEG by USB. I don't know the status of DEC-2000T in
LinuxDVB-driver, but if API is full-supported by  firmware and driver,
VDR (VideoDiscRecorder) should run with it.

Rene



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