On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:09:06 +0200 Mikolaj Tutak <mtutak@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi! > > My goal is to setup VDR+Skystar2 DVB-S card to output signal on Radeon > AGP card on DVI connector (for HDMI TV input). Desired resolution is > 1366x768 or 720p. I found siutable vdr-xine and vdr-sotdevice plugins. > Which one is better for HD output? Probabbly softdevice is simpler and > less complicated. Which mode has best quality and performance - X11-XV, > DirectFB, vidix? Maybe some one has reached similar goal and want to > share his experience? > There's also vdr-xineliboutput, which may be simpler than vdr-xine as in less patching required: http://users.tkk.fi/~phintuka/vdr/vdr-xineliboutput/ Both xine-based plugins allow the use of Xine's tvtime deinterlacing plugins (Greedy2Frame and TomsMoComp), which are quite essential in your setup if you watch interlaced video (sports, news, ...). I don't know about softdevice, but generally X11/Xv is probably easiest to get going, and it should be almost as fast as Vidix in most cases. DirectFB will work fine too, if your card is supported. --Niko
