[linux-dvb] Re: Combining DVB Card & MPEG-2 Decoder Card

[Jon Burgess <mplayer@jburgess.uklinux.net>]

Nick Manser wrote:

> Firstly, is it possible to combine a DVB card with a harware MPEG-2 decoder
> card and use them both to watch a digital TV stream? If so, how would I go
> about doing this? 
Yes you can do this. I have a similar setup with two Hauppauge DVB-T 
cards and a Creative DXR3 card (which I believe has the same sigma 
designs em8300 chipset as the hollywood+ card). There are at least three 
different applications which support this combination of hardware.

The application I have running 24/7 on my PC is called VDR 
http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr/ together with the DXR3 plugin from 
http://www.schluenss.de/DXR3.html and drivers from 
http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/ . This provides a fully integrated set top 
box controlled using my TV and remote.

Alternatively the standalone media players Xine http://xinehq.de/ and 
mplayer http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ both have the ability to take digital 
video from a DVB card and display the output on the DXR3 card. These 
programs lack the recording facilities which VDR has.

I believe that MythTV http://www.mythtv.org/ has recently gained some 
DVB support, but I haven't tried it out.

> Would the Hollywood+ handle decoding HD streams, or only
> SD?
I believe the card can only handle SD streams.

   Jon




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