[vdr] Re: AW: Idea about using vdr without hardware mpeg2 decoder

["Rene Bartsch" <vdr@bartschnet.de>]

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From: "Niko Tarnanen" <ntarnane@cc.hut.fi>
To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 12:27 PM
Subject: [vdr] Re: AW: Idea about using vdr without hardware mpeg2 decoder


> Hi list,
>
>
> > On Thursday 19 September 2002 18:57, Rene Bartsch wrote:
> >
> > So the best way would be to use Andreas Schulze's OSD2SUB
> > renderer and mux the OSD as subtitle into the A/V-stream ...
>
> I wonder if it would be possible to use DirectFB library
> (www.directfb.org) to draw the OSD graphics on the framebuffer device?
> Although DirectFB supports translucent windows, I'm not sure if it's
> possible to superimpose the OSD on top of the TV-program using
> the DirectFB.
>
> So how about using the Mplayer for the software MPEG-decoding and the
> DirectFB for the OSD drawing/superimposing? Show everything on a graphics
> card (or on the TV-out of a graphics card) using framebuffer. Then we
> could get the full functionality of the VDR using budget DVB-cards only,
> right? Would it be possible?
>
> If not, at least Mplayer should work for SW-decoding:
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/video.html#dvb
> http://nrg.joroinen.fi/dvb-minihowto/conf.html#AEN140
>
> For those who have missed it, there already exists an interesting project
> by Mike Pieper mixing the VDR and the directFB:
> http://df-gp.sourceforge.net/
>

I just have had some mailing with Mike Pieper. His df-gp grabs video from
the
V4L-device, so it's nothing for us. But we can use DirectFB for the overlay
...

Rene