Broadcast Driver Architecture

The Broadcast Driver Architecture (short BDA) is Microsoft's Alternative to the LinuxDVB Driver API. Has some serious drawbacks especially in the DiSEqC part, but also some interesting details. MPEG2 Decoders are implemented in software as DirectShow Filters.

Links

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/VidCapStream/hh/vidcapstream/bdad_f5ada6c2-5524-47fa-89a7-3684a96df126.xml.asp The Microsoft BDA Driver Page]
• A Sourceforge Project dedicated to the development of Open-Source BDA Drivers and Tools