whoMAN schrieb: > I'm not sure if it's been answered yet, but I thought I'd throw this out: > > > mplayer uses either LAVC or FAME [depending on how mplayer was > compiled/configured] to convert EVERYTHING to MPEG1 before it is sent > to the > DVB Device. In essence, it transcodes in realtime. > > Not too efficient, but since transcoding to MPEG 1 takes little > resources, > most people probably don't notice. > > I know it's probably what most of you didn't want to hear, but I > figured you > guys would want to know. > > > whoman421 > Thats plain wrong. Anything that can be feed directly, will not be transcoded. And i can see mplayer taking ressources , if mplayer is transcoding. Not everybody has a core duo 6600 ;)