[linux-dvb] Re: osd for nova ?

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Holger Waechtler wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> > Holger Waechtler wrote:
> >
> >>Philip Armstrong wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 12:58:46PM +0200, Georg Weiß wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>is there anybody working on a osd-implementation (x or directfb based) for using
> >>>>the wintv nova (with mplayer on client-side) as a linux-based pvr solution ?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I'm in the 'thinking about it, but failing to find enough copious free
> >>>time' stage on exactly this project :)
> >>
> >>Don't spend any energy in the OSD. it's deprecated, works only on AV7110
> >>based cards and driver support will be dropped one day.
> >
> >
> > I guess you'll be getting quite a load of complaints from VDR users
> > should you do so... ;-)
> 
> I know, but... do you really think that any of these USB or PCMCIA
> device drivers will get an OSD-emulator in software??

If the card doesn't have OSD capabilities, there's of course no point in
having OSD functions in the driver for such a card. However, the DVB-S card
I'm using does have OSD capabilities and A/V out - and I want to be able to
use these.

> What do you think about an DirectFB user interface for VDR?

That would mean I need an extra graphics card to display the OSD, right?
Plus I would have to route the video through the graphics card and connect
the tv to the graphics card. Why should I want to do that if my DVB card
already has an A/V out plus OSD?

The OSD classes in VDR should be encapsulated enough to allow somebody who
really wants to do this to implement an alternative OSD. However, you shouldn't
drop OSD support for those DVB cards that actually have OSD capabilites.

Klaus
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