[vdr] Re: Increasing SDRAM on DVB cards

[=?windows-1256?Q?Stefaan_Codd=E9?= <stefaan.codde@pandora.be>]

Onno wrote:



>first, still no 100% foolprog scart breakoutbox has been publiched/is
buyable somewhere,
>so i consider that a geek solution(i have not tried 
>it, paying 200-250€ if i make a little mistake is far too much).
>so its a no-solution for most of us and all of the simle users.

Things don't appear automaticly. I'm working on one.
It's obvious that such things needs alot of testing.

>luck, no double luck, matrox even passes the pal test "c't" did on
several gfx tv-out,
>only few (mostly older) card do actually output "pal" as defined in the
standards,
>so most GFX don't even have a  PAL/TV output, it's only close to beeing
able to 
>display something on tv.

I was focussing on the RGB, not TV-out.


>which make up for an amount (expensive GFX,DVI cable) which allready
allows
>you to buy a cheap PC + DXR3 .....

Same here, I just ment that a RGB signal could be subtracted from a DVI
port.
Other then that, no graphic card has a RGB connection.

>thats an own goal, i have no fan on my gfx (you will allways get GFX
models mithout fans,
>companys need them too), whilst a _lot_ of dvb users try to protect
their 250€ invest
>and mount (very loud and  unspecialised) fans to cool the DVB,
>i have 2 one fron an powersupply and another from a scsi-server
drivebay for my dvb cards.

I've almost finished my entirely fanless madia box.
It has 1800 airholes, one heatpipe (which i've just destroyed during
bending)
an fanless 80W PSU, DVB-S and DVB-C card where DVB-S is fanless cooled.
A big heatsink on each side, 3mm aluminium plating...yes, it's heavy but
it does the job.

>> bunch of users who want a silent
>> solution so if possible no fan at all.

>thats leads to an old pc with an dxr3 card, or wait for
>vdr on dbox2 ...

Things like harddisk/CD-DVD get also warm.
Computer cases and thermal managment just don't mix.


The D-box has already a very good OS - DVB2000
Yes, harddisk recording, DVD playback.
negative side, you need SCSI drives.(that's why i'm rather moving to
VDR)
The programmer of the DVB had the same problem, the D-box is not what
you can call
a fast device. DVB2000 is therefore written in 68K assembler and has
several times 
spended time to optimize the code to get more room for more features in
the small
space. One advantage of the D-box is : it has a socket for a second ram
chip.








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