[vdr] Re: howto use a ff DVB-s w/ broken TV-out again?

[Alexw <alexw@undercover.mine.nu>]

Why not building a new Y/C out from the j2 connector? If the original one is 
broken, the j2 output is still working ;-) 

On Wednesday 28 July 2004 17:09, Thomas Glomann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> some time ago i broke the tv-out of my DVB-s rev.1.3 :((   Since that time
> the broken card was more or less unused but now i want to reuse it in an
> additional VDR client in our kitchen.
>
> I plan to use my 'ancient' Pentium120 as a diskless VDR client.
>
> The card still works perfectly. The card decodes the video and provides it
> via the v4l interface. So all I need is a simple way to reroute the decoded
> video to the tv-out of a graphics card.
>
> What is the easiest way to do that?
> What (old) graphic cards do have good tv-outs? matrox400
>
> What program is best to acces the v4l interface? A DirectFB app? mplayer?
> xine? Remeber, I only have a P120. It was fast enough for a fully working
> DVB-s. But is it also sufficient for this workaround?
>
> any suggenstions are welcomed :)
>
> greetings,
>
> Tom