[linux-dvb] Re: How high a bitrate can the cards take?

[Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@mbnet.fi>]

Moritz Vieth wrote:

> Hi Sebastian,
>
> Sebastian Kemper wrote:
>
> > Hello list!
> > [...]
> >
>
> > Can you guys tell me if the dvb card has any boundaries concerning 
> > MPEG1 playback? Also, are there differences concerning this issue 
> > between the different dvb card revisions?
> >
> > Btw, I thought quality scale means variable bitrates. Why can they 
> > still call it MPEG1. MPEG1 is constant bitrate, right?
> Unfortunately, I can't help you with your problem specifically, but 
> maybe mentioning that DVB streams are MPEG2 (not MPEG1) could bring 
> you further.
> (Or maybe I just misunderstood your problem ;))

Yes, but they can also playback MPEG1-streams, and when you play some 
non-mpeg file with the Mplayer & FF card, Mplayer re-encodes the file to 
MPEG1 in fly.

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Anssi Hannula