Hi, we released our first version of a GPLed Linux driver for a hardware MPEG2 encoder card. The card is based on the Kfir chip developed by Visiontech (http://www.visiontech-dml.com). The Kfir chip supports video encoding in ISO/IEC 13818-2 (MPEG-2) and ISO/IEC 11172-2 (MPEG-1), system Multiplexing in ISO/IEC 13818-1 (MPEG-2) and ISO/IEC 11172-1 (MPEG-1) in various stream types: Video ES, Audio PES, Video PES, Program Stream, and Transport Streams at variable and constant Bit rates. It supports low bit rate applications and the following resolutions: - Horizontal: 720, 640, 544, 480, 360, 320, 160 - Vertical: 112, 240, 480(NTSC), 144, 288, 576(PAL). Video Input: Selectable 8/10 bits CCIR 656 Direct DVB/SPI output Audio hardware encoding in MPEG Layer 1 and 2 is supported through an ADSP chip. The PLX9054 PCI bridge allows busmastering DMA of the encoded stream directly into main memory. The card is also based on a design by Visiontech and is manufacturered by BMK-Elektronik (http://www.bmk-electronics.de) in Germany. You can find more details about the card and the driver itself at: http://www.linuxtv.org/mpeg2/ There we also provide a form which allows you to get into contact with BMK for ordering details. The price for single cards is about 330 Euro. Ralph /------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Dr. Ralph J.K. Metzler | Convergence integrated media | | -------------------------|-------------------------------------- | | ralph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | http://www.convergence.de/ | \------------------------------------------------------------------/
