[mythtv] [patch] firewire mpeg2ts input

[Jim Westfall]

Yeah the thought crossed my mind.  Getting the mpeg2 to the tv wouldnt be 
that hard, but dealing with the osd/ui would be a hassle.  It sounds like 
alot of work for something I couldnt use.  My hdtv doesnt have 1394 input.

If you want to play with sending mpeg data to your tv, there is a util 
in libiec61883 called test-mpeg2.  It allows you to send/recv mpeg2 data 
via firewire.

jim

Brad Templeton <brad+mydev at templetons.com> wrote [02.01.05]:
> 
> Jim, have you looked into also streaming the video back out firewire in
> the DTVLink format?   A growing number of TVs (Mitsubishi, RCA, Toshiba)
> have DTVLink/1394 ports on them which you can stream mpeg2 to and the
> TV displays it.  Meant for playing from cable boxes, DVRs and camcorders
> (though they usually use DV, a simpler compression system than mp2)
> 
> Of course if you did this there would be extra work to get the OSD on top
> (though it is possible using mpeg2's overlay bitmap stream) and getting
> the UI would be a real fun challenge I expect (the simplest would be to
> try to make a low-res framebuffer -> DV converter to base the X server on.)
> 
> But it sure would be nice, perfect quality, no CPU requirement to playback,
> etc.

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