[vdr] Re: vdr with a wintv primio ?

[Dennis Noordsij <dennis.noordsij@wiral.com>]

> > no. if you'd use a DVB card it will be sufficient
>
> yes but it is not the same price...
>
> So when the specs says that the wintv Primio can record 352*288, it's mpeg1
> stream ?

No, it means a raw data stream, uncompressed. You need a lot of horsepower to 
compress in real-time. And you will not really be happy with 352x288 
resolution. Been there, done that :-)

DVB card allows a P90 to record and play back full resolution full quality 
noise-free tv. This signal has been created by the broadcasters, using very 
high end, very expensive hardware. With analogue you are always stuck with a 
compression-ratio/real-time-requirements/quality trade-off.  

VDR is not the right project for the analogue wintv cards, and most likely 
will never be. 

You might however be interested in Freevo, or Mythtv.

They are building a VDR/tivo/like system on top of analogue capture cards. 
Mythtv page is www.mythtv.org, not sure about freevo but if you go to 
www.freshmeat.net you'll be able to find it. You will need a lot more power 
than a P90 can give you though, but these projects do sound like exactly what 
you are looking for.

Best regards,
Dennis




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