RE: Re: [OT] Video Input Output Cards

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> There is also the xcard, which is the same but mpeg-4 support.
>
> It does decent playback so long as people havent done stupid
> things when encoding to divx like change the frame rate or
> deinterlace it improperly if its a film source.
>
> But there is no desktop output. Just stuff you play with
> there relitivly crappy codecs.
>
> It can optionally have scart out, I dont have that bracket as
> component out suits me just fine.

There is an overlay channel that can be used to provide a framebuffer that
can be used as a GUI output if you are up to programming it all from
scratch
- There's a program called JovePlayer that does just this, unfortunately it
was written by a programmer with no concept of an end user and so the UI
looks tacky and has its roots firmly planted in "computers" as
you navigate
through drive letters and directory structures rather than user friendly
menus.

Phil