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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