In message <032501c2747d$84c85250$6300000a@moist> "Gavin Hamill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > How functional is VDR with a Dxr3? > > I've written many times over the last week about this topic =) Oops! I must have managed to miss it! My brain's not working properly! > I'm in the UK and my setup is Nova-t + dxr3. Great. At lease one other person has done it, then! :-) > At the moment, I'm using the development versions of VDR (1.1.12 right > now) because they support proper plugins instead of having to patch the > VDR source code.. Righto. > The dxr3 plugin is at version 0.0.4 so that might give you an idea of how > mature the code is - i.e. not very. :-) > The plugin actually works very well and smooth video and sound are routed > through the Dxr3. Also the on-screen-display of VDR is mapped into the > 4-colour palette of the Dxr3 (using DVD subtitles) so it doesn't look as > pretty as a full-featured DVB card. Oh right, I see. > I have problems doing recordings, but I don't know if this is related to > the dxr3 plugin since I see many requests for help on this matter from > people who have full-featured DVB cards. OK. I was thinking of just using the setup to record at first, then later on investigating using it for viewing *and* recording... and possibly adding in another Nova-t card, so I can watch one programme and record another. Can you watch an existing recording (via the Dxr3) whilst the Nova-t is recording something else? And can you watch live programmes OK? > The authors of the dxr3 plugins have said this week that a new version > should be released in approximately one month. Superb! Is there a mailing list or somesuch for that plugin? > Since the dxr3 / Hollywood + is such a cheap card, and you can use MPlayer > with it to play DivX / MPEG4 / AVI, etc. it's worth buying one anyway - and > the plugin for VDR looks set to be a really nice piece of work when it's > finished =) That's what I'm thinking. I don't have a Nova-t yet, nor do I have a big enough hard disk (Linux box has 420 MB!), but I feel the need to prat around with a Dxr3 and some MPEG-2 clips! :-) Cheers, -- Richard. "Rocky Raccoon checked into his room Only to find Gideon's bible." -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
