8 Jun
2006
8 Jun
'06
2:29 p.m.
Hi Brent,
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 04:09:07PM +0200, Brent Frere wrote:
I need to order a video-server PC (running on The OS),
Which kind? Does it need to be receiver for classic analog TV, DVB (-C, -T, -S)?
Or is it simply needed for streaming existing videos to some clients?
so I would like
to have your advice concerning the best graphical card to play videos in
High Definition and perfect quality on Linux.
Shouldn't about any graphics card be able to do so? Ok, depending on the
card, you'll get different signal qualities, especially high-res VGA can
be a problem. Therefore the question: which kind of device will be used
for visualization, CRT, TFT, Beamer, ...?
For good quality VGA signals, Matrox used to be a reference, from my
personal experience cheap NVidia-based cards won't do.
Aside from that, it should
deliver the signal in S-Video or anything else that can be carried some
tens of meters away.
... or stream via vlc or somesuch via network? Again, depends on the needs.
Long VGA cables exist, but must also be of good quality, so streaming via
network to another box can be a real alternative (remember Tux-Industries,
we used one "beamer-box" with several instances of X11, each one with a
VNC connection to one of the desktops, and switched around - saved a lot
on video hardware troubles).
Pierre may have some knowledge to share regarding vlc, some people at
the CRP have played with DVB etc., so if you can be more specific...
Greetings, Eric