Andy Gale writes:
> I have a few questions. This seems to be the place to ask them
>
> I'm trying to find a Mpeg2 card which can encode an incoming RGB or composite signal
>and simultaneously decode and playback a previously encoded program. From the
>information I've been given the Linux TV card doesn't do hardware decoding. Would I
>need to use a software decoder ?
Yes, or an additional hardware decoder card.
I don't think there is a card with MPEG2 encoding and decoding with Linux
support yet.
> Are there any TV tuner cards which work under Linux ?
Drivers for cards based on Bt848/878 are at
http://www.metzlerbros.de/bttv.html, newer versions are at
http://bytesex.org/bttv/ or in every standard Linux kernel source.
Ralph
