After my reply about the KFir board not
performing adequately for me, I decided
to go back and redo my testing with the
latest software I could find for my
viewing computer.
I upgraded to Linux 2.4.7-ac1. I am
using a VIA sound adapter for playback,
and it has problems, so the latest
kernel driver is a good place to start
for improvements.
I also tried to use the latest Xine,
but it failed to play. I backed it out
but I still have pieces of it (skins,
at least) in my working version.
Instead of trying to stream the data,
I stored it to a local disk, stopped
capturing, copied it the viewing
computer, waited for the copy to
complete, started the playback, then
paused the playback (big difference),
then resumed.
I am quite satisfied with the quality
of the KFir output. At 1-4Mbps (at
vidsize=0x26), it is adequate for my
uses. At 7Mbps, I think I had problems
moving the data from my HD to Xine fast
enough. (I have not made any DMA
optimizations.)
So...back to thinking about my two-
channel VCR replacement. I need to
figure out how to communicate with my
DishNetwork receiver.
Can we buy the KFir cards in the USA
yet?
--kyler
