Marvel eTV 450 MPEG2 in realtime ???

[ThoVie]

Hi all,

after all the posts about the eTV I didn't quite get if this new Marvel will be able to capture to MPEG2 in realtime. Could anybody shed some light on this, please?

Thanks in advance,
Thorsten

[dZeus]

depends on your processor speed. If your CPU can compress to MPEG-2 in real-time, then the Marvel G450 can too

[John Wray]

So is a 450 eTV basically a G400 Marvel with MJPEG compression removed? I.E. it offers video-in and video-out, but only uncompressed?

John

[dZeus]

I read something about timeshifting regarding the G450 eTV ... check Matrox site for more info, since I don't know. But the G450 should have better image quality output than the G400... maybe better capture quality too???? I mean: hardware filters would only improve over time, wouldn't they?

[ThoVie]

Now,

that's a great answer (c;= That means that the new Marvel will not be able to do a hardware compression in MPEG2-Format but will be totally dependent on the CPU, right?

Regards,
Thorsten