At 10:32 09.11.2004, you wrote:
> And what exectly was the reason, why this is not possible with a FF
card?
The FF cards have a maximum resolution of about 720x576, 50 fields
per second
interlaced. This is clearly not compatible with the resolutions and
progressive nature of many HDTV sources.
Another reason is the bitrate.. the FF cards generally max out at
10Mbps, and
HDTV streams often exceed this.
I would also expect a lack of decode buffer space on the FF cards,
so, even if
there were sufficient ARM CPU power to decode the stream, you would
get no
higher definition than you current experience, leaving the whole
exercise
rather moot...
So, stick with a powerful CPU+software, or wait around for an 'HDTV
hardware
card' whenever that will arrive....
I am curious. If I have a FF card as device 1 and a budget card as
device 2, Astra HD and Euro 1080 marked with a CA PID of "2" in the
channel.conf, running VDR 1.3.15 with the HDTV patch, what exactly
should happen, if one of these HDTV channels is selected?
Wouldn't it be possible, to perform a software downscaling, so that
the signal nevertheless can be output over the FF card, so that at
least it would be possible to have a live watch of that channel?
--
Sincerely,
Master One