The Rage theater chip is not MPEG2 decoder chip, it's a video decoder(decode analog video into digital video). Also AIW cannot do hardware MPEG2 Encoding too. ATI has it's own MPEG2 encoder board for Microsoft Windows eHome edition. It's called "eHome Wonder". They just release a new video decoding+mpeg encoder chip called Theater 550 Pro, new boards based on this chip will soon be released, I guess.
XP1900+
MSI KT3 Ultra 2(KT333)
512 MB Samsung PC2700
AIW 9700 PRO(Catalyst 3.8+DX9)
WD 80.0 GB @ 7200 RPM
LG 19"
LG 32x10x40x CDRW
Windows XP SP1
(Built: September 2002)<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by edwpang on 10/27/04 11:07 PM.</EM></FONT></P>