[vdr] Re: DirectFB, OST, VDR-Console ?

[Stefan Schluenss <stefan.schluenss@gmx.de>]

Hey,

On Saturday 25 May 2002 17:41, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to ask you if anyone is using the VDR on a DirectFB screen ?
> I know, that most of you use the direct TV out of the DVB card, but I was
> wondering if any applications exist, that would use the TV-Out of the
> gfx-card. Or is it possible to display DirectFB on the TV-Out of the DVB-S
> ?
yes, there is a project which has been mentioned some weeks ago. Look at  
http://df-gp.sourceforge.net.
Unfortunately i haven't tried it because of some problems with my Matrox G400. 
Nevertheless i think using DirectFB would be much more flexible than the 
TV-Output of the DVBs. But i'm afraid that such a project will never be as 
successfull as the VDR project is, because user who want's to use VDR will 
buy a DVBs card and than all hardware requirements are fullfilled. 
With DirectFB one has to have or buy a good DirectFB supported graphics card 
too.

>
> Using DirectFB with a good menuing system (DirectFB has incredible alpha
> support)
> would allow for a great all-in-one STB (+internet +gaming etc.)
Look at the above page. The fonts are much nicer than in VDR.

Such a system would require not much more power than a regular VDR box i 
guess. And for some applications the system load would be lower, especially 
when using DivX as prevered archive format (no need to encode to MPEG1).

Greetings
Stefan.