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Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 18:51:43 +0800
From: Rex Tsai <chihchun@kalug.linux.org.tw>
Organization: KaLUG.
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Subject: Re: EM840x REALmagic DVD/MPEG-2 Audio/Video Decoder
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M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
> that has been posted to gmane.linux.kernel as well.
>>  I'm working on EM840x REALmagic DVD/MPEG-2 Audio/Video Decoder, There 
>>is only official binary driver on Sigma designs website. Is there any 
>>open source driver or non-official driver ?
> 
> Sigma designs are known to not cooperate very well with open source
> projects.  Actually, it's quite the contrary.  Some time ago they
> released the XVID mpeg4 codec as their own, without source code.
> 
> I have heard of people trying to get documentation from them, but I
> don't think anyone ever succeeded.

   Somebody put the datasheet and drivers on his web site. 
http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~laird/Linux/iDVD3036/cdrom/Drivers/MPEG2-Em8400/
http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~laird/Linux/iDVD3036/cdrom/Document/MPEG2-Em8400/
-- 
-Rex, geek by nature linux by choice

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