thanks stephen. it didn't quite stick in the head since i wasn't interested
in hardware decoding, but i KNEW i read something about the subject on /.
and i knew there was a sigma in there somewhere. :)
pete
On Fri 15 Dec 00, 3:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said...
> The company you are probably thinking of is Sigma Designs. I have one of there
> cards and it is a really good card. The only problem is that there are no linux
> drivers (ok I will admit it, it is on my wife's win98 box). They do have a card
> with linux drivers though. It is there Net Stream 2000 card for streaming
> video.
>
> Stephen
>
> Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
>
> > /. once reported a company planning on developing its own linux drivers
> > (sigma online? sigma systems? sigma media? sigma something...). you
> > might want to search their archives for +sigma +dvd.
> >
> > one of the comments was that creative labs use the same chipset, so it'll
> > prolly be supported too.
> >
> > did they actually start? prolly.
> >
> > are they going to release it? prolly not until the de-css court battles are
> > over. why open yourself up for legal trouble when you can have someone
> > take the bullet for you?
> >
> > that was the first time anyone used the word "guru" in the same sentence as
> > my name. very cool. :)
> >
> > pete
> >
> > On Fri 15 Dec 00, 1:27 PM, Patrick Lickiss said...
> > > This message is mainly for Peter, who seems to be the DVD guru, but help
> > > from anyone would be great. I've decided that I need to get DVD set-up
> > > on my computer. I took a look at the DVD HOW-TO and have started messing
> > > around with LiViD and some other programs. It seems to me(and correct me
> > > if I'm wrong) that most of the stuff out there only supports software
> > > decoding. This isn't really a problem, but I would feel a little better
> > > if the decoder card that I spent money on was doing something other than
> > > just taking up a PCI slot. Does anyone know if there have been any
> > > advances in support for hardware decoding, specifically the Creative Labs
> > > Dxr3? Thanks for your time.
> > >
> > > Patrick
> > >
> > >
> >
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