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On Sunday 21 May 2006 17:20, Ben Goodger wrote: > > My dad's 800mHz machine can decode an MPEG-2 stream - otherwise known as a > DVD. How you managed to achieve such a low level of inefficiency I've no > idea. A DVD is a completely different animal. DVD bitrate = 3 to 10 Mbit/s DVB bitrate = up to 32 Mbit/s Plus the machine has to handle not only playback, but also a lot of network traffic and buffering to disk. Then there's the UI which has to be drawn and rendered every time you press a button. > Any particular other model? There's a list of Linux-supported devices at: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/PCI_devices_DVB-T Retailer sites should give full specs of cards including the chipset, so you can avoid dodgy ones. Regards, David. -- David Johnson www.david-web.co.uk - My Personal Website www.penguincomputing.co.uk - Need a Web Developer? - The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html