[mpeg2] Re: kfir MPEG 2 Board

[Christian Zoffoli <czoffoli@xmerlin.org>]

John Birrell ha scritto:
> 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.
> 


Interesting board ;)


Thanks,
Christian