Leo M?rquez a ?crit : > Thanks Nicolas and Sebastian for your answers. I notice that is a > polemic question (2 answers, 2 different opinions ;-) ) > I have already build and VDR in a common PC compiling it from source > code. I am arranged to spend time setting up my VDR if I obtain the > thing I need taking the best advantage of my hw. I don't have a LCD > monitor but in the future it's probably. So you're ready for the software decoding (ie. no FF DVB card) ! Welcome on board. > I use debian but I think I don't need X. I want my VDR to see and record > TV, play mpeg4 movies, dvd, mp3 and I will try to play with emulators > like MAME, Xbox, etc. > Do you think I need X? Is needed for software decoding? X + Xine = HW decoding using the CLE266. Xine without X won't do it. Softdevice won't do it right now. Without X, you can use softdevice on DirectFB (softdevice has a choice of 4 output methods : plain frame-buffer (slow), vidix (need root access), DirectFB and X/Xv. The last 3 will use accelerated video support (blit, colorspace conversion, scaling). DirectFB also supports transparent OSD with no CPU load (don't know for the others). If you plan to use softdevice, subscribe to the softdevice-devel@xxxxxxxxxx ML. I don't know if MAME/XBox make use of DirectFB, and if they will integrate well with VDR (fight for the output, or transparent playground over live video !). DirectFB has support for windowing through XDirectFB, if you're brave enough (I'm not). > Can I use the mobo HW decoder to play dvd's and soft decoder to play mpeg4? I you use Xine on X, yes. This implies vdr-xine or xineliboutput. -- NH
