Re: [vdr] HD-TV hardware decoding on motherboard instead of waitingfor FF DVB-S2 card
http://lundman.net/wiki/index.php/NetworkedMediaTank Would be nice if someone could completely open up the device. On 07/02/2008, Luca Olivetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: El Thu, 7 Feb 2008 06:44:41 +0200 Theunis Potgieter [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: On 06/02/2008, Luca Olivetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for hdtv - no. I don't see the h.264 hardware decoding. mpeg4 is not h.264. Maybe this thing can be hacked to run vdr or to be used as a front-end: http://www.popcornhour.com/ The popcornhour device (network media tank) is not linux :( I read somewhere that it runs Linux, maybe they were wrong but I doubt you can pack that kind of hardware and embed windows at that price point. Of course the fact that runs linux (if it does) doesn't mean it's open: as I already said these companies (sigma, broadcom) only take from linux to reduce their development cost but never give back, not even a single line of specifications for their hardware. Bye -- Luca ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] HD-TV hardware decoding on motherboard instead of waitingfor FF DVB-S2 card
El Thu, 7 Feb 2008 06:44:41 +0200 Theunis Potgieter [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: On 06/02/2008, Luca Olivetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for hdtv - no. I don't see the h.264 hardware decoding. mpeg4 is not h.264. Maybe this thing can be hacked to run vdr or to be used as a front-end: http://www.popcornhour.com/ The popcornhour device (network media tank) is not linux :( I read somewhere that it runs Linux, maybe they were wrong but I doubt you can pack that kind of hardware and embed windows at that price point. Of course the fact that runs linux (if it does) doesn't mean it's open: as I already said these companies (sigma, broadcom) only take from linux to reduce their development cost but never give back, not even a single line of specifications for their hardware. Bye -- Luca ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] HD-TV hardware decoding on motherboard instead of waitingfor FF DVB-S2 card
En/na Igor ha escrit: So I was wondering if it would be possible to use the on board video decoder chips of the VIA EPIA boards like the VIA EPIA EX15000G http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboa rd_id=450 This board mounts a CX700M2 chipset which features MPEG2/4 hardware decoding. It has DVI and Y/Pb/Pr video output as well as analog and SPDIF audio (coaxial and optical). So that's everything we need, isn't it. for hdtv - no. I don't see the h.264 hardware decoding. mpeg4 is not h.264. Maybe this thing can be hacked to run vdr or to be used as a front-end: http://www.popcornhour.com/ Supposedly it runs Linux, but you know these companies (like, e.g., broadcom) that only take but never give back Bye -- Luca ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] HD-TV hardware decoding on motherboard instead of waitingfor FF DVB-S2 card
On 06/02/2008, Luca Olivetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for hdtv - no. I don't see the h.264 hardware decoding. mpeg4 is not h.264. Maybe this thing can be hacked to run vdr or to be used as a front-end: http://www.popcornhour.com/ The popcornhour device (network media tank) is not linux :( The interface looks like Vista's media center edition: Windows Vista and WMP 11 - Seamless support for Windows Vista and Windows XP Media Player 11 built-in media server WMS HTTP / RTSP Streaming Technology Microsoft / Cisco Multicast Streaming Technology ISMAv1 RTSP Streaming Technology Multicast Streaming Technology H.264 / WMV9 HD Streaming and MPEG4 SD format WMV9 High / Standard Definition Streaming with Janus DRM (silent type) capability I have not heard of a linux solution that supports DRM. It does have the Sigma SMP8635, which supports the MPEG-4 Part 10, 1080p or High Profile (HiP) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264#Profiles. Which is good for when HD-DVD or Blu-Ray becomes affordable. Finding a device with this chip that runs linux and that is open is becoming harder as Microsoft appears to corner the market :( HD-TV dvb-s/dvb-s2 will never reach that profile, so I suspect that in buying a FF-card will only go up to 1080i or Main Profile (MP) and be useless for watching a HD content from a compact disc that is 1080p through vdr :( Unless there is a dxr3 like solution as an add-on pci/pci-express card. Theunis ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] HD-TV hardware decoding on motherboard instead of waitingfor FF DVB-S2 card
I apologies for my mistake, it appears very secretively to run linux, no where clearly stated. There is no source supplied. oh well, aren't we used to that? On 07/02/2008, Theunis Potgieter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 06/02/2008, Luca Olivetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for hdtv - no. I don't see the h.264 hardware decoding. mpeg4 is not h.264. Maybe this thing can be hacked to run vdr or to be used as a front-end: http://www.popcornhour.com/ The popcornhour device (network media tank) is not linux :( The interface looks like Vista's media center edition: Windows Vista and WMP 11 - Seamless support for Windows Vista and Windows XP Media Player 11 built-in media server WMS HTTP / RTSP Streaming Technology Microsoft / Cisco Multicast Streaming Technology ISMAv1 RTSP Streaming Technology Multicast Streaming Technology H.264 / WMV9 HD Streaming and MPEG4 SD format WMV9 High / Standard Definition Streaming with Janus DRM (silent type) capability I have not heard of a linux solution that supports DRM. It does have the Sigma SMP8635, which supports the MPEG-4 Part 10, 1080p or High Profile (HiP) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264#Profiles. Which is good for when HD-DVD or Blu-Ray becomes affordable. Finding a device with this chip that runs linux and that is open is becoming harder as Microsoft appears to corner the market :( HD-TV dvb-s/dvb-s2 will never reach that profile, so I suspect that in buying a FF-card will only go up to 1080i or Main Profile (MP) and be useless for watching a HD content from a compact disc that is 1080p through vdr :( Unless there is a dxr3 like solution as an add-on pci/pci-express card. Theunis ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] HD-TV hardware decoding on motherboard instead of waitingfor FF DVB-S2 card
Hi! Maybe the best solution is to use a hardware STB for IPTV? It takes all soft and stream from ethernet, it allows to control via web based portal. Video stream for this devices is near the same as SAT stream - it needs PAT for one program only, PAT rewriting is easy. Typical STB costs are like FF card - 100-200e, got DHMI, hardware HDTV etc. And it eats about 20-40W. I'm not sure about OSD... What do you think about this solution? Boguslaw Juza ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
