On 1/24/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Adeff</b> <<a href="mailto:adeffs@gmail.com">adeffs@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;">
On Tuesday 24 January 2006 15:43, Todd Ignasiak wrote:<br>> On 1/23/06, Todd Ignasiak <<a href="mailto:ignasiak@gmail.com">ignasiak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > On 1/23/06, Steve Adeff <<a href="mailto:adeffs@gmail.com">
adeffs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > > On Monday 23 January 2006 16:35, Todd Ignasiak wrote:<br>> > > > On 1/23/06, Greg Estabrooks <<a href="mailto:greg@phaze.org">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<br>> > ><br>> > > be an
<br>> > ><br>> > > > > > ideal<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > card<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > Got a link to these cards? Maybe I've just being blind (wouldn't
<br>> > ><br>> > > be the<br>> > ><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<br>> > ><br>> > > some<br>> > ><br>> > > > links to docs for it (
<a href="http://www.allwell.tv/">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">
http://www.mpeg-playcenter.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t</a><br>> > >=534<br>> > ><br>> > > >3<br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > > <a href="http://www.sigmadesigns.com/products/em8620Lseries.htm">
http://www.sigmadesigns.com/products/em8620Lseries.htm</a><br>> > ><br>> > > whoa, thats awesome, too bad its not actually being made...<br>> ><br>> > Do you mean the Allwell card? I know some vendors are pretty aggressive
<br>> > in pre-announcing. But, it explicitly says "WMV9 and High Definition PCI<br>> > decoder released" on their home page.<br>> ><br>> > I e-mailed the contact on the allwell site. We'll see if I get any
<br>> > pricing or availability information back.<br>><br>> I got a response from AllWell sales. The "EM8621 PCI Card" is on their<br>> price list for $125.<br>><br>> But, he said that the drivers are not included, apparently Sigma Designs
<br>> requires purchase of their SDK to get access to the drivers (I read<br>> something about them flip-flopping on this in forum discussions of the<br>> 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<br>> the card & linux software. He estimated the bundle would be available in<br>> mid march.<br>><br>><br>> Hopefully this card won't be completely limited by Sigma's software
<br>> licensing restrictions. To me, it seems like open drivers would be an<br>> enabler for selling a lot more of their chips.. But, apparently they<br>> don't see it that way.<br><br><br>especially considering Sigma has already stole from the OSS community.
<br><br>Either way, I can't wait for this card to come out if it will be able to<br>support MythTV's menus and OSD.<br>Did they say anything about this?</blockquote><div><br><br>No, he didn't give details on what they were doing. I did recommend that he look into MythTV. If he's looking for a proof of concept implementation for those third party software companies.. That card was obviously designed for PVR usage, and unless Microsoft changes MCE to support hardware decoders, MythTV seems like a no-brainer for that chip/board.
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