[mythtvnz] GeForce xfx 6200 & WinTV-NOVA-TD 500?
Morgan Read
mstuff at read.org.nz
Fri Jun 11 10:49:24 BST 2010
On 07/06/10 19:54, Steve Hodge wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Morgan Read <mstuff at read.org.nz
> <mailto:mstuff at read.org.nz>> wrote:
>
> Hmm, many thanks. So - I can get a satellite (which is standard
> definition) system out of this box; can I get a DVB-T system that I
> would only expect standard definition from?
>
>
> Not really. DVB tuners work by (basically) dumping a stream of data to
> disk so their output is just what the broadcaster sends. Freeview DVB-S
> is standard definition and produces files you could play with that
> system. Freeview DVB-T is HD (and using fairly advanced options at that)
> - that system won't play the Freeview DVB-T files. You could transcode
> them down to a format/codec it could handle but that's going to be
> hugely inconvenient.
>
Feeling sure I will attract much derision, does anyone have any comment
about this board and my steadfast commitment to making old dogs to new
tricks:
http://www.reel-multimedia.com/en/extension_linux_technische_daten.html
(For those missing the start of the thread, the old dog is a Dell
Optiplex gx270.)
Many thanks,
M.
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Morgan Read
NEW ZEALAND
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