On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:09:06 +0200 Mikolaj Tutak mtutak@nixz.net wrote:
Hi!
My goal is to setup VDR+Skystar2 DVB-S card to output signal on Radeon AGP card on DVI connector (for HDMI TV input). Desired resolution is 1366x768 or 720p. I found siutable vdr-xine and vdr-sotdevice plugins. Which one is better for HD output? Probabbly softdevice is simpler and less complicated. Which mode has best quality and performance - X11-XV, DirectFB, vidix? Maybe some one has reached similar goal and want to share his experience?
There's also vdr-xineliboutput, which may be simpler than vdr-xine as in less patching required: http://users.tkk.fi/~phintuka/vdr/vdr-xineliboutput/
Both xine-based plugins allow the use of Xine's tvtime deinterlacing plugins (Greedy2Frame and TomsMoComp), which are quite essential in your setup if you watch interlaced video (sports, news, ...).
I don't know about softdevice, but generally X11/Xv is probably easiest to get going, and it should be almost as fast as Vidix in most cases. DirectFB will work fine too, if your card is supported.
--Niko