[vdr] Re: VDR and analogue video in/out

["Reiner Rosin" <r_rosin@hotmail.com>]

Hi,

>The ATI graphics cards based on the Radeon have an MPEG2 encoder, and they
>are not very expensive.
>BTW, does anyone know if there is a Linux driver for this encoder ?

These cards don't have a real encoder onboard, they just support some
mpeg2-de and encoding functions like DCT, ...
Never heard of a driver/software for linux supporting this ... just
ask ATI ;)

>It should be possible to use a budget card with a MPEG2 software emulator,
>or with a Hollywood DXR2/DXR3/Netstream 2000 card.
>But no more CAM support in this solution ... unless you add a PCMCIA 
>adapter
>to your PC and somebody writes a driver for PCMCIA DVB CAMs.

Would be a solution ... I am still wondering about the osd-functionality
of DXr2/3-boards?!?

>Jean-Claude

bye, reiner

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