[vdr] Re: [linux-dvb] bt8xx based card & dvb-kernel

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Demeter Tibor wrote:
> Hello Florian !
>
> I have a pinnacle pctv sat bt878 based dvb card and i try to use on 
> linux with the "dvb-kernel" drivers.
> I'm successfuly patched and  compiled my 2.4.20 kernel, but i don't konw 
> how to use this card with VDR ?
> Because on this card not avalible a hw mpeg decoder chip, i need a 
> software mpeg decoder (mplayer?) for watching the tv.
>
> it's possible?
no, VDR expects expects at least one av7110 card in your PC to get it's 
user interface rendered. Well, there is a way to use VDR without user 
interface, but I that's probably not what you expect.

I've seen a port of an old VDR version to DirectFB a while ago on the 
web (http://df-gp.sourceforge.net/) and some people announced a DirectFB 
OSD plugin, but I don't know the current state of either project.

When any of these projects will get usable you'll be able to use VDR 
with any card.

Holger



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