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Re: Debian TVIO like PVR



On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 02:17:02PM -0500, Paul McHale wrote:
> Does this assume the encoding is all done in software?  I would guess a
> hardware assisted MPEG encoder would require much less.  But I have NO idea
> about this.  I am just curious.
> 
> I know the Tivo doesn't have much horse power.  They are case in point for a
> design which is just fast enough.  They appeared to have spared every
> expense.  It is an awesome unit.  Just saying, I don't think they have a
> 600MHz processor ...  Could be completely wrong.

AFAIK, the TiVo uses a custom hardware MPEG-2 encoder.



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