[mpeg2] Re: kfir MPEG 2 Board

[John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>]

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 07:46:10PM -0500, torsten wrote:
> Then there are only two solutions that I know of, for hardware MPEG2
> on Linux.
> 
> First, the kfir board you obviously know about, which is just a dumb-buffer
> board.  If you want a television tuner, it is very simple to hack
> a TV-Out onto a Hauppauge board (requires attaching one wire).  Or just use
> a VCR.  I got the best results encoding video from the S-Video input.
> 
> Second, Linuxmedia Arts.
> http://www.lmahd.com/
> They offer a complete solution.  I believe they are actually
> a "broadcast" company.  Their system specs include all the
> HDTV resolutions.  They don't have prices on their website,
> but last I remember, their systems start around USD25k.  I could
> be completely wrong.

Sensoray <http://www.sensoray.com/> has an MPEG2 encoder/decoder
with a Linux driver. Their technical support isn't the best though.
They don't really want to support one-off purchases.

-- 
John Birrell