On 1/23/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Todd Ignasiak</b> <<a href="mailto:ignasiak@gmail.com">ignasiak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br><div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/23/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Adeff</b> <<a href="mailto:adeffs@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">adeffs@gmail.com
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On Monday 23 January 2006 16:35, Todd Ignasiak wrote:<br>> On 1/23/06, Greg Estabrooks <<a href="mailto:greg@phaze.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">greg@phaze.org</a>> wrote:
<br>> > > I have been surprised that the Dxr6 / EM8621 video decoder cards
<br>> > > haven't gotten any traction with the MythTV crowd. It seems to be an<br>> > > ideal<br>> ><br>> > card<br>> ><br>> > Got a link to these cards? Maybe I've just being blind (wouldn't be the
<br>> > first time) but all I can find are the chips themselves and not<br>> > commercially<br>> > available pci cards with them onboard.<br>><br>> The only one I found is the AllWell EM6821 PCI card, their site has some
<br>> links to docs for it ( <a href="http://www.allwell.tv/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.allwell.tv/</a> ).<br>><br>> Other links with info:<br>><br>>
<a href="http://www.mpeg-playcenter.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=534" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.mpeg-playcenter.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=534</a><br>>3<br>><br>><br>> <a href="http://www.sigmadesigns.com/products/em8620Lseries.htm" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.sigmadesigns.com/products/em8620Lseries.htm
</a><br><br>whoa, thats awesome, too bad its not actually being made...</blockquote></span><div><br><br>Do you mean the Allwell card? <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="#cc3300" face="Trebuchet MS,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1">
I know some vendors are pretty aggressive in pre-announcing. But, it explicitly says "WMV9 and High Definition PCI decoder released</font>" on their home page. </div><br>I e-mailed the contact on the allwell site. We'll see if I get any pricing or availability information back.
</div></blockquote><div><br><br>I got a response from AllWell sales. The "EM8621 PCI Card" is on their price list for $125.<br></div><br></div>But, he said that the drivers are not included, apparently Sigma Designs requires purchase of their SDK to get access to the drivers (I read something about them flip-flopping on this in forum discussions of the card, the drivers were available, then removed, then back, etc.)
<br><br>He is working with a third party software company to provide a bundle with the card & linux software. He estimated the bundle would be available in mid march.<br><br><br>Hopefully this card won't be completely limited by Sigma's software licensing restrictions. To me, it seems like open drivers would be an enabler for selling a lot more of their chips.. But, apparently they don't see it that way.
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