[vdr] Re: KVDR with DXR3?

[Clemens Kirchgatterer <clemens@thf.ath.cx>]

Guido Fiala <gfiala@s.netic.de> wrote:

> That is exactly what i suggest - the dvb-driver could theretically
> emulate the missing parts of an budget card all in itself to make it
> look like a full featured one to vdr.
> 
> the other devices the driver normally has, will appear exactly the
> same but instead of using the card to decompress it will call libmpeg2
> and instead of the hardware for the OSD it will use software to render
> an image and add it too the frame "written" to /dev/videoX.

that would mean libmpeg2 and osd render code running in kernel space. i
doubt you will find many people calling this a good idea. IIRC, there
has allready been discussions on this topic, probably on the linux-dvb
ML

JM2C ...
clemens


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