[mpeg2] Kfir2 card status

[Ralph Metzler <rjkm@convergence.de>]

Armin Schindler writes:
 > Hi,
 > 
 >   I just subscribed this mpeg2 list because
 > I'm very interested in encoding a video/audio source
 > to watch it using my DVB-S card. The real-time encoding
 > with SAMPEG-2 seems not to be what I need (CPU too slow ?).
 > 
 > So the hardware encoder Kfir seems to be what I need.

Which Kfir version are you talking about?
In your subject line you mention the Kfir2. THe BMK card does NOT use
the Kfir2 but the older Kfir1.


 > Can this card solve my problem ?
 > Is BMK the only distributor for this card ?

The only one we are aware of.
There are other cards which use the Kfir1 like the Hauppauge WinTV PVR
but there are no Linux drivers for this card yet.


Ralph