Re: [vdr] A couple of noob questions on VDR + vaapidevice (output plugin)

2019-05-11 Thread Frantisek Rysanek
Thanks a lot for chiming in, Richard :-) On 11 May 2019 at 11:28, Richard Scobie wrote: > Frantisek Rysanek wrote: > > > 50i). Maybe the VLC can somehow cope with that (perform rate > > conversion on the fly) but the vaapidevice plugin cannot. Maybe I > > should attach

[vdr] A couple of noob questions on VDR + vaapidevice (output plugin)

2019-05-10 Thread Frantisek Rysanek
Dear VDR developers and fellow users, you may have noticed my rather inappropriate thread at the linux-media mailing list... I'm trying to build a Linux HTPC for DVB-T2 and I'm struggling :-) I like the VDR project's philosophy / focus and I'd love to use the VDR as the software to run my

Re: [vdr] Questions about good hardware to view VDR 4K

2019-05-09 Thread Frantisek Rysanek
On 9 May 2019 at 10:45, Richard Scobie wrote: > Frantisek Rysanek wrote: > > > OTOH, I don't like Asrock for two reasons: > > 1) they tend to support UEFI booting only, no legacy BIOS boot > > 2) they don't seem to have BIOS images publically available on the > &g

Re: [vdr] Questions about good hardware to view VDR 4K

2019-05-08 Thread Frantisek Rysanek
t; > As you see, it's very complicated, I continue to search ... > > Best regards ! > Karim > > > > -Message d'origine- > De : Frantisek Rysanek [mailto:frantisek.rysa...@post.cz] > Envoyé : mercredi 8 mai 2019 21:21 > `A : VDR Mailing List > Cc : karim.a

Re: [vdr] Questions about good hardware to view VDR 4K

2019-05-08 Thread Frantisek Rysanek
Hello everybody, On 9 May 2019 at 8:57, Richard Scobie wrote: > Asrock do a range of mATX cards with integrated Gemini Lake, but none > with PCI slot, just 3 x PCIe 1x. > Good to know, nice try from AsRock, hardly anyone does mATX boards with an ATOM, which is a shame :-) OTOH, I don't like

Re: [vdr] Questions about good hardware to view VDR 4K

2019-05-08 Thread Frantisek Rysanek
Dear Karim, thanks for raising that point... At first I thought that the i3 "T" edition was somehow limited in the graphics output, to make people buy the i7 - but no, if I look at some mainstream i7 CoffeeLake CPU, the set of outputs is the exact same spec: the CPU can produce 4k at 24 Hz