[mythtv-users] pvrcompanion.com component video capture

[David George]

A lot of people have been asking about it, so I thought it best to just 
post a message to the list to let everyone know that we have stopped 
development of the HD component video capture device.  We may still 
release all or part of it as a hobbyist project, but the hardware cost 
of materials was too high to make a competitive product.  The device 
itself was based on an Arm processor with Analog video compression chips 
(required two of them for 1080i) and a TI video processing chip.  We 
were also considering an Arm-based frontend using the same chips that 
would decompress the MJPEG2000 and output component/DVI/HDMI, but with 
the amount of MPEG2 and H264 material that just wasn't a good option.  
The final nail in the coffin came with the nVidia VDPAU release.  Now 
that low-power machines will soon be able to decode H264 (in addition to 
MPEG2) it just no longer makes sense to develop this as a product.

Thank you to everyone that showed interest.  I am sorry we weren't able 
to produce a cost-effective product.

--
David George
Hark Technologies
http://pvrcompanion.com