[vdr] Re: Suggestions for tv output?

[Matt McLeod <matt@boggle.org>]

Dylan D wrote:
> So for for 'tv-output' i've either gotta go mpeg decoder or tv-out card. Qualty is a big concern with me( the reason why I bought a plasma screen, and went digital) I'd like to know what people would recommend for best picture output, I'm talking on a widescreen 16:9 1'm tv here.

I'm using a DXR3 card.  Unfortunately I've found VDR and the DXR3-plugin
to be too flakey for me to feel comfortable relying on just yet -- it may
well be something in the combination of hardware and software I'm using,
but from time to time VDR locks up, particularly when displaying a stream
with "glitches", so I figure it's probably actually the card freezing and
the plugin not knowing how to deal with that.

(You may have more luck if your reception is better than mine -- mine
 is absolutely horrible for most stations, and I still get some glitches
 on ABC and SBS -- which are the only ones I can record at all.)

Cards with TV-out are fairly cheap.  Personally, I'd try a Matrox
G400 as they've got a very nice crisp display and can be obtained
on eBay fairly cheaply.  I haven't tried the xine-plugin yet, as
I have a working setup using a combination of WebVCR+, Freevo, and
a script of my own which WebVCR+ uses to do the actual recording
from a TT-budget card, but it is on the list of things to try.

I keep trying things with VDR every now and again because I like it
quite a lot, and hope to eventually figure out how to get it running
in a stable manner on my hardware.

Matt

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