[linux-dvb] Fusion HDTV5 / Airstar HD5000 features, support?

[Patrick Boettcher]

Hi Matto,

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Matto Marjanovic wrote:
> o The HD5000 can do TS stream demultiplexing in hardware, correct?
>    What kind of impact does this have on its performance (i.e. what
>    kind of difference does this make, and when)?

The HD5000 does not do demultiplexing, but PID-filtering. Ie. in the first 
instance the card just passes the TS packets to the driver, which have the 
requested PIDs. Demuxing is still done in software.

regards,
Patrick.

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