[vdr] Re: dxr3 decoder vs software decoder..

[Gavin Hamill <gdh@acentral.co.uk>]

On Thursday 18 September 2003 11:48, you wrote:
> Can a  cheap (no decoder) DVB card be used with a software (Xine) decoder 
> and simple TVout card??

Yes, you can now build a VDR box using only a Nova.

> Or is it better to use the dxr3 card???

That's a more interesting question :)

Take first that the xineliboutput and vdr-xine plugins (yes, two seperate 
projects released on the same day!) are still very early code, they are 
likely to contain bugs.

Getting proper interlaced video from 'TV out' of a VGA card can be 
troublesome. 

Also take the ongoing problems that many people have with the Dxr3 plugin like 
the OSD crashing (although there are adequate workarounds for this now) and 
incompatibility with some plugins due to lack of OSD colour....

The picture quality coming out of the Dxr3 is excellent, however.

Really though, 'suck it and see' - the xine plugins should allow you to use 
the EPIA-M versions of Xine and thus use the onboard MPEG2 decoder of those 
motherboards..

Cheers,
Gavin.


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