> On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 08:40:10AM +1000, Nigel Pearson wrote: > > >> I guess the only question now is - > > >>Will any future DVB cards use on-board BT8xx audio? > > > > > >You mean the audio interface on the bt8xx card.. ? > > > > Yep. At the moment, we have: > > 1) budget cards where the 878 just DMAs the DVB data > > 2) intermediate cards, where the 878 can also transfer > > digitised data from a composite or S-Video port > > > > Over time, manufacturers cram more features in. > > I reckon that that soon we will have: > > 3) advanced cards, with both audio and video digitising > > > > But, as you say, they will be different cards, > > with different interfaces. > > Hopefully they'll employ a CX2388x for this, which has an MPEG channel > separate from the audio/video sampling channels, rather than the BT878. It is not a matter of design but when it comes to volumes cost does also count .. Manu
