On 6/27/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Georg Acher</b> <<a href="mailto:acher@in.tum.de">acher@in.tum.de</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 09:17:03PM +0100, Torgeir Veimo wrote:<br>><br>> On 27 Jun 2007, at 20:51, Igor wrote:<br>><br>> >Hello<br>> ><br>> ><a href="http://reel-multimedia.com/rmm-english/netceiver.html">
http://reel-multimedia.com/rmm-english/netceiver.html</a><br>> >here's a good platform for future hdtv-vdr<br>> >Are you agree ? :)<br>><br>> Well, what's missing there is info about the "1x extra PCI slot for
<br>> HD-Decoder-Card". Having a PCI decoder for mpeg2/4/h.264 would be<br>> fine, unles it's actually a mini-pci card that only works with reels<br>> netceiver external tuner hardware.<br><br>The HDTV decoder card in PCI format will be first used for the Reelbox
<br>Avantgarde (based on a Mini-ITX-PC). The usage in the NetCeiver itself in a<br>PC-less combo is planned, but I don't think a vdr can run on that platform<br>without serious restrictions. For example, the NetCeiver with its current
<br>firmware has no real DVB-API, as the CPU has nothing to do with the TS<br>streaming, it only controls the tuners. The rest (filtering and network<br>encapsulation) is done in the hardware. So it will be more a small STB
<br>application without bells and whistles,.<br><br>But the chances are high that the HD card (running with the Micronas<br>DeCypher) will be seperately available. As the Reelbox uses vdr, Linux<br>drivers for the HD card and the NetCeiver (a DVB-API emulation and a vdr
<br>plugin with more features) will be there from the start.</blockquote><div><br>Is there any information regarding availability or pricing on the HDTV PCI card ? I have been waiting a long time for an HD MPEG-2/4 decoder with HDMI and this sounds promising :-)
<br><br>Thanks,<br>Brian <br></div><br></div><br>