On 06/02/2008, Luca Olivetti luca@ventoso.org wrote:
for hdtv - no. I don't see the h.264 hardware decoding. mpeg4 is not h.264.
Maybe this thing can be hacked to run vdr or to be used as a front-end: http://www.popcornhour.com/
The popcornhour device (network media tank) is not linux :(
The interface looks like Vista's media center edition:
Windows Vista and WMP 11 - Seamless support for Windows Vista and Windows XP Media Player 11 built-in media server
WMS HTTP / RTSP Streaming Technology Microsoft / Cisco Multicast Streaming Technology ISMAv1 RTSP Streaming Technology Multicast Streaming Technology H.264 / WMV9 HD Streaming and MPEG4 SD format WMV9 High / Standard Definition Streaming with Janus DRM (silent type) capability
I have not heard of a linux solution that supports DRM.
It does have the Sigma SMP8635, which supports the MPEG-4 Part 10, 1080p or High Profile (HiP) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264#Profiles.
Which is good for when HD-DVD or Blu-Ray becomes affordable. Finding a device with this chip that runs linux and that is open is becoming harder as Microsoft appears to corner the market :(
HD-TV dvb-s/dvb-s2 will never reach that profile, so I suspect that in buying a FF-card will only go up to 1080i or Main Profile (MP) and be useless for watching a HD content from a compact disc that is 1080p through vdr :( Unless there is a dxr3 like solution as an add-on pci/pci-express card.
Theunis