[linux-dvb] Re: Technotrend premium T1200 PCI cards

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-----Original Message-----
From: Juri Haberland [mailto:juri@koschikode.com] 
Sent: woensdag 22 september 2004 17:02
To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
Subject: [linux-dvb] Re: Technotrend premium T1200 PCI cards


>> -Can the onboard mpeg decoders be used to decode mpeg streams from
the
>> hard disk and the internet to the composite output of the card? If
so,
>> is there software available which supports this function?

>Yes, e.g. mplayer. But it's just a MPEG-1/2 decoder, it cannot handle
MPEG >4.

But is it possible to software decode mpeg4 streams and display them via
the video ouput of the card? Is this video out on the card, in fact an
extensions of the desktop an kind of an extra video card?

Thanks!
Bassie