Mario Ivankovits mario@ops.co.at wrote:
Minimum System requirements
* Intel kompatible CPU ab 2 GHz (ab 3.2 GHz Dual Core für HDTV) * min. 1 GByte RAM
For Windoze...
I dont know if I should laugh or cry.
This is the basic issue regarding HDTV / DVB-S2 anyway.
We need a high end pc which produces pretty much heat and noise just to view non-recordable copy protected stuff.
I am not sure about that. The Windows drivers will make sure that the HD out is only active if HDCP has been authenticated properly. As for other drivers, I am not sure. There is no such thing like HDCP end-to-end (broadcasting station - TV set) encryption (or am I missing something here? Can somebody please shed some light on this?). That being said, HDTV streams will probably be encrypted by other means, meaning you will need a smart card or similar. We aren't talking about illegal watching here, are we?
The CPU horsepower issue will remain, though. Or you use a HDTV decoder card like the Sigmatel 8620 based ones, should a Linux driver ever exist.
So - don't give up that quickly...
Any takers for the DVB-S2 driver?