[vdr] Re: a new idea?

[Marcel Wiesweg <marcel.wiesweg@gmx.de>]

Am Montag, 27. Oktober 2003 12:20 schrieb vdr-bounce@linuxtv.org:
> Hi,
>
> with all those software on standard unix environment I was
> wondering if it was possible (well it is possible but is there
> someone to do/port it) to write X-server for DVB-card output.
>
> This way it should be easy to have graphical www-browsers
> and other software running on TV. Just VDR / remote plugin
> to control X-software.
>
> There might be a few possibilities:
> - X-server as an OSD
> 	- color limitations?

2bit, quite slow.

> - X-server as an 'TV'-channel
> 	- X -channel type at sources.conf & channels.conf
> 		- even multiple X-desktops via PID's :-)
> 	- Needs MPEG still_frame encoder of the X-framebuffer?
> 	- performance hit?

With the standard solution (DVB card TV-out): Encoding to MPEG-1 is necessary.

> 	- Would benefit possible MHP viewers?
Yes!
> 	- 3rd party software could run in background
> 		- changing to channel activates 'encoding'
>
> Any comment?

I have some code lying around which will encode the output of DirectFB and 
display it as a still frame.
But I would not recommend to use the TV as a web browser. PAL is 720*576 with 
the visible part being even smaller, so I don't think it is fun reading a web 
page on TV.

Marcel

>
> BR, Jori



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