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

[Christian Berger <einStein@donau.de>]

Stefan Schluenss schrieb:
> 
> Hey,

> 
> >
> > 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).

Well one problem with outputting video on the VGA connector is there's
no sync. It might work with SyncFB set to the framerate of the incoming
video. But otherwise there is no chance of getting a decent output
without having the VGA card synced to the input.
 
> Greetings
> Stefan.