Re: [vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-14 Thread Matti Horila
Georg Acher wrote: > For the client side, the sources will be published as GPL. Currently we use > a closed source daemon with a dvb loopback driver in the kernel, but that > makes it hard to fully use the tuner virtualization and costs some overhead > for small CPUs. Since we already have a native

Re: [vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-14 Thread Karl Glatz
Maybe some of the Sigmatel Chips used in Popcorn & co? 2009/4/14 Georg Acher > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 08:48:44PM +0100, Andrew Herron wrote: > > What is the hardware platform then? What CPU & GPU is used? Are you > running > > closed or open graphics drivers etc? > > It's a typical System-on-

Re: [vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-13 Thread Georg Acher
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 08:48:44PM +0100, Andrew Herron wrote: > What is the hardware platform then? What CPU & GPU is used? Are you running > closed or open graphics drivers etc? It's a typical System-on-Chip for STBs. Details will be announced later. -- Georg Acher, ac...@in.tum.de

Re: [vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-13 Thread Andrew Herron
What is the hardware platform then? What CPU & GPU is used? Are you running closed or open graphics drivers etc? On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Georg Acher wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 05:46:14PM +0100, Andrew Herron wrote: > > But does the Reel Smart-Client box run vdr? > > Yes, but like

Re: [vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-13 Thread Georg Acher
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 05:46:14PM +0100, Andrew Herron wrote: > But does the Reel Smart-Client box run vdr? Yes, but like on the Avantgarde it's the Reel-variant (based on 1.4.x with our own HDTV extensions). -- Georg Acher, ac...@in.tum.de http://www.lrr.in.tum.de/~a

Re: [vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-13 Thread Andrew Herron
But does the Reel Smart-Client box run vdr? On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Georg Acher wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 06:28:36PM +1000, Torgeir Veimo wrote: > > http://www.reel-multimedia.com/en/shop_netclient.php describes a new > > product by reel that allows streaming of HD content over

Re: [vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-13 Thread Torgeir Veimo
That might be, but one of the reasons that I run VDR is the ability to tweak the capabilities and the user experience. So changing the client is just as interesting as implementing a suitable backend. 2009/4/14 Matthias Müller > Hi, > > Torgeir Veimo schrieb: > > If the netclient hardware runs G

Re: [vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-13 Thread Matthias Müller
Hi, Torgeir Veimo schrieb: > If the netclient hardware runs GPL software I assume that in theory > someone could implement a streamdev client that facilitated the hw > mepg2/4 decoder? If you look at the specs and the description Georg provided, a streamdev-client isn't needed, only a proper s

Re: [vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-13 Thread Torgeir Veimo
If the netclient hardware runs GPL software I assume that in theory someone could implement a streamdev client that facilitated the hw mepg2/4 decoder? 2009/4/14 Georg Acher > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 04:03:02PM +0200, Matthias Müller wrote: > > > I have no netceiver to play with and didn't look

Re: [vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-13 Thread Matthias Müller
Hi, Georg Acher schrieb: >> I have no netceiver to play with and didn't look at the sources. But >> it's nice to see a real world use for IPv6 in consumer hardware (if you >> can call the reel boxes consumer hardware, it's probably only for a >> limited, but sophisticated market. >> > > Th

Re: [vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-13 Thread Georg Acher
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 04:03:02PM +0200, Matthias Müller wrote: > I have no netceiver to play with and didn't look at the sources. But > it's nice to see a real world use for IPv6 in consumer hardware (if you > can call the reel boxes consumer hardware, it's probably only for a > limited, b

Re: [vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-13 Thread Georg Acher
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:54:14PM +1000, Torgeir Veimo wrote: > So it does not allow viewing of channels received as DVB-C/S/T on the > avantgarde, or such recordings, only IPTV transmissions? The NetCeiver IS a DVB-S/C/T headend to IPTV. So the tuners the Avantgarde-vdr uses are already sourced

Re: [vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-13 Thread Matthias Müller
Hi, Georg Acher schrieb: > The thing is not yet available, so the current SVN doesn't contain most of > the new code. But in general it uses the same "reel"vdr-base as the > Avantgarde (just with a different output plugin for the SoC). The live TV > streaming is not done by the vdr on the Avantgar

Re: [vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-13 Thread Torgeir Veimo
So it does not allow viewing of channels received as DVB-C/S/T on the avantgarde, or such recordings, only IPTV transmissions? 2009/4/13 Georg Acher > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 06:28:36PM +1000, Torgeir Veimo wrote: > > http://www.reel-multimedia.com/en/shop_netclient.php describes a new > > produ

Re: [vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-13 Thread Georg Acher
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 06:28:36PM +1000, Torgeir Veimo wrote: > http://www.reel-multimedia.com/en/shop_netclient.php describes a new > product by reel that allows streaming of HD content over the network. > It includes a hw decoder that supports mpeg2/4 and is to be used with > the reelbox a

[vdr] reel netclient

2009-04-13 Thread Torgeir Veimo
http://www.reel-multimedia.com/en/shop_netclient.php describes a new product by reel that allows streaming of HD content over the network. It includes a hw decoder that supports mpeg2/4 and is to be used with the reelbox avantgarde as server. I'd assume reel has implemented something a bit