[linux-dvb] Re: AW: HDTV & DVB / VDR (dscaler ..)

["Ortner, Uwe" <Uwe.Ortner@faidor.de>]

I made the same experience:
Once you get started with DVB you are very happy to have all features
VDR provides: Playing/Recording TV Channels, Pay-TV Decoding, DVD
Encryption ...

Than you do one more step
IR Control (Lirc)
LCD display

and you want more ...
analog channels, MP3, Channel programming via Web(-Server)
wakeonlan, Videotext, progressive scan/deinterlacing, CD recording, AC3,
WWW Services (EMail etc.)

I have a complete equipment (Yamaha DSP-A1, Surround-Set, Davis Cinema
One, Sony DVD-735, DBox1, PC/Soundcard/2xDVB-C/Matrox Marvel 400TV) but
i really loose setting up a PC/linux stuff in a usable way (should I
really setup a second (Windows-) box for scaling ?)

Meanwhile a have some more IR-receivers, soundcards, VGA Adapters etc.
due this trial and error procedure ;-(
And there was a time I also tried out W2K 

A software/hardware compatibility list / recommendation would be a great
idea like

CardDriver:
Siemens DVB		http:/xxxxxxxxxx
Playing/Recording:
vdr (V.xyz)		runs best with Siemens DVB (Firmware x.yz) 
DVD:
Pioneer xxx		you will need xyz from http:/xxxxxxx
Sound:
Yamaha Digital XP	install latest driver form http:/xxxxxxxxx
			Hint when you upgrade your kernel:
                        xxxxxxxx
			Note for installing with alsa:
                        xxxxxxxx
                        start vdr with this command line:
                        xxxxxxxx
etc.


You have to visit a number of sites, read a lot of documentation, buy a
lot of hardware just to see that your configuration is not working or
your knowhow is more than incomplete.

For sure I'm not the only one who has spent a lot of time in this DVB
topic and who is bored about his system not running 'state of the art' 

Is anybody out there interested on a Web-PaGE (eg. with "FAQOMATIC") to
put all these experiences together / build this "state of the art" HTPC?
Regards 
Uwe

			


Am Don, 2002-01-10 um 09.33 schrieb Mirko Morschheuser:
> Hi all,
> 
> well, you're looking for the same thing than me... :-)
> I also user Suse 7.3 with 2 DVB-S. I tried all kind of other windows based
> Software and even my girlfriend says i should throw away the M$ stuff and
> get "her" linux/VDR back! <BG>
> 
> I think implemetimg some kind of software deinterlacing and scaling á la
> Dscaler would be the killer feature for VDR. As the Dscaler Algorithms are
> open source there is no need to reinvent the wheel :-) But as i am not a
> programmer i have no idea how difficult it is to adopt/reprogram the windows
> code to linux.
> 
> there was one interesting thread on the list regarding a "modular" VDR. A
> modular VDR with a software interface for some kind of pug-ins would be
> great. standard would be receiving/decoding of the dvb stream with the DVB
> card. optional would be receiving with the DVB card and then sending the
> data to the deinterlacing or scaling plug-in of your choice.
> 
> In this case Klaus could concentrate on the main VDR and others could take
> care of plug-ins of their interest. Unfortunatly i only have the interest,
> not the knowledge...:-(
> 
> cu
> Mirko "Psychonaut" Morschheuser
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Ortner, Uwe [mailto:Uwe.Ortner@faidor.de]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 8. Januar 2002 16:59
> An: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
> Betreff: [linux-dvb] HDTV & DVB / VDR (dscaler ..)
> 
> 
> Hello there,
> 
> I use VDR in my Linux box (SuSE 7.3) with 2 Siemens DVB-C
> I heard a lot about Scaling Software (dscaler etc.) in
> http://www.beisammen.de. Anybody out there who has some experience in
> this topic (especially with vdr)?
> 
> Regards,
> Uwe
> 
> PS: I neither want to run a second box nor to use WINxxx 
> 
> 
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