[vdr] Re: DirectFB, OST, VDR-Console ?

[Mike Pieper <mptei@t-online.de>]

On Saturday 25 May 2002 23:54, Stefan Schluenss wrote:
> On Saturday 25 May 2002 23:11, you wrote:
> > Martin Schoenbeck schrieb:
> > > I don't think so. Nowadays you have to use two cards, if you want to
> > > watch something with a delay. Or to watch something, while something
> > > else is recorded. If such a solution could be installed a easy as vdr
> > > can, I would do it immediately.
> >
> > And of course, it should be vdr with a new output module. ;-)
>
> Then let's do it...
> Let's find a way to gain all the benfits of VDR with the flexibility of the
> GraphicsCard with TVout.

Well, the problem is, that VDR's output module interface or the OSD interface 
must be very hardware independent. The OSD range is from curses (ASCII 
output) up to a VGA card or even a 3D accelerated card (if someone wants to 
use 3d animated GUI). A plugin writer has to support the most sophisticated 
output, but has to ensure that even on curses it is usable.

Some things will perhaps never be possible with a DVB-card. Like for 
picture-in-picture you need to mix two video streams. This is possible on a 
VGA card, but for DVB you need to decode both streams, mix them and encode 
them in MPEG again. Ok, in some years CPU's will be fast enough to do that, 
but you have to wait then ..

Mike