The Broadcast Driver Architecture (BDA) is a Microsoft standard for

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capture on

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operating systems. It encompasses the

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and DVB standards and gives developers a standardized method of accessing TV tuner devices (usually

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, PCI-E or USB). It is the driver component of Microsoft TV Technologies, and is used by hardware vendors to create digital TV tuning devices for Windows, and also to support new network types or custom hardware functionality. BDA is documented in the Windows DDK (Driver Development Kit) and the Platform SDK. Ideally, any BDA-compliant software should be compatible with any BDA-compliant hardware. Applications using BDA drivers include MSN TV (formerly Web TV) for Windows (built into Windows 98 and Windows Me), Windows XP Media Center Edition, MediaPortal, GB-PVR, DVBViewer
ULENet
and several such other third-party solutions. Broadcast Driver Architecture was introduced in Windows 98 as part of the Windows Driver Model.

External links

Microsoft TV and Broadcast Driver Architecture

Protected Broadcast Driver Architecture
Extensions to BDA for DRM
Microsoft BDA Reference

Open Source BDA drivers and tools
Microsoft application programming interfaces Device drivers {{Microsoft-software-stub

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