[vdr] Re: Question about recording

[Dylan D <maxattack@optushome.com.au>]

Can i use any hardware decoder ..? Or does it have to be a dvb card with
mpeg decoder ?


On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 01:12, Rene Bartsch wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dylan D" <maxattack@optushome.com.au>
> To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:56 AM
> Subject: [vdr] Question about recording
> 
> 
> > Hello All
> >
> > Im gonna build a vdr system my question is.
> >
> > The cards im interested in "The DTV-A1 receives an MPEG-2 compliant
> > Transport Stream and delivers it to the PC via the PCMCIA interface.
> > Software drivers are provided to enable PID and section filtering."
> >
> > My question is i want the ability to watch a show and record it at the
> > same time. Over here we are dvt-t . (Australia) . Do i need 2 cards to
> > do this and can they be this one ?. OR  do i need a card with built in
> > mpeg decoder ?. I thought the same type would be fine as one will only
> > be used for recording ? but not sure.. I was told U needed two cards for
> > this or is 2 card to record one show WHILE watching another
> > ??
> >
> 
> This card is not supported by the Convergence drivers, so it won't work with
> VDR
> (or you have to write your own plugin interfacing between the driver of the
> DTV-A1 and VDR).
> 
> When you get the TS you can filter all A/V/data-PIDs as you like. But VDR
> needs
> a hardware-decoder for MPEG (or you have to write your own software-decoding
> output-plugin interfacing between VDR and XFree/Framebuffer/OSS/ALSA).
> 
> Rene
> 
> 
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