way cool, thanks for the tip. On Sunday 23 February 2003 01:20 pm, Daniel Schmelzer wrote: > Hi Guys-- > > This subject comes up about every half year or so. The difference this > time is that options are quickly becoming available. > > A couple of Korean startups are putting out 8VSB/ATSC reception cards for > the Korean market that rely on software MPEG-2 decoding. Korea uses the > same standard as the United States and Canada for HDTV, so it's mainly just > a matter of translating for the North American market. The nice thing > about these cards is that we have a ton of open source code for the chipset > that they are using--the Conexant Fusion 878A. Please see the following > AVS Forum thread for more details... > > http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209915 > > The thread discussion revolves around Windows, but there is code available > for Linux as well. Mainly just take what has been pieced together in the > GNU Radio project for software MPEG-2 decoding plus the Fusion 878A DVB-S > bridge code in this project (done for the Pinnacle TV-Sat that also uses > the Fusion 878A--haven't checked on the status of this for a while). I'm > sure that there are overlaps and perhaps not all of the gaps have been > filled in, but I think that things are looking up, finally. > > Regarding the GNU Radio project and HDTV, they are doing some wild stuff > (in a good way), which I have followed and contributed some data to over > the last year. Very interesting, especially for those of us who live in > concrete canyons with multipath problems. > > Good luck and it's nice to bring good news for HDTV w/Linux for a change. > ;-) > > Regards-- > > Dan > > From: Brian Foddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: Mark Lehrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [linux-dvb] Re: Linux HDTV > >Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 12:46:38 -0600 > > > >$30k, ouch. And if the card makers are bound by the same NDA, > >that may be a major reason why they don't release specs. > > > >I saw the Slashdot article also, it looks interesting. However > >as I understand it, there would be a couple problems. > >1. The card they use to do the A-D conversion is $1300. > > That takes it well out of even the expensive hobby range. > > But far cheaper than $30,000. > >2. I'd be concerned if the process running completely in software > > could be fast enough with todays processors to be real-time > > so as to create a time shifting system. > >I'll definately keep an eye on the project, I subscribed to their mailing > >list. And its very possible I'm not understanding their project well > >enough > >to make a judgement. > > > >As for doing my own reverse engineering of a card, that is quite > >a jump from my current skills also. I've never tried to r-e anything > >like that, but I'll never say never. To get a true timeshifting HDTV > >box would really be great. > > > >Thanks for the info. > >Brian > > > >On Sunday 23 February 2003 12:46 am, Mark Lehrer wrote: > > > I have been looking into this myself for awhile. It looks like all > > > of the affordable HDTV cards use the same chipset, Teralogic, which > > > will not release the programming information necessary without a > > > significant fee ($30k plus NDA when I called them) > > > > > > I am not quite skilled enough to reverse engineer a driver like > > > that. > > > > > > There was a story on Slashdot recently about a GNU project to do > > > this, check it out. > > > > > > Mark > > > >-- > >Info: > >To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe > >linux-dvb" as subject. > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
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