From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 13 02:29:29 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00EC51065674 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:29:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz) Received: from ipmail06.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail06.adl2.internode.on.net [150.101.137.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78E358FC08 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:29:28 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ap0EACCwXk/LevdH/2dsb2JhbABDtmaCCQEBBThRCxgJEwMPCQMCAQIBRRMIAQGIBbwwjUeDIgSlb4J2 Received: from ppp247-71.static.internode.on.net (HELO leader.local) ([203.122.247.71]) by ipmail06.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 13 Mar 2012 12:59:19 +1030 Message-ID: <4F5EB08D.7090407@ShaneWare.Biz> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:57:25 +1030 From: Shane Ambler User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:10.0) Gecko/20120213 Thunderbird/10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20120311202816.GA7754@thought.org> <20120311221958.37717d66.freebsd@edvax.de> <4F5D3954.1090807@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4F5D3954.1090807@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:29:29 -0000 On 12/03/2012 10:16, Da Rock wrote: > On 03/12/12 07:19, Polytropon wrote: >> On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:28:19 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: >>> here us a FBSD qauestion.... how can i capture any tv >>> stream---or radio stream for later replay? >> I've been using a BrookTree ("Haupauge WinTV") PCI card for >> capturing from TV which worked very good using the standard >> programs mplayer and mencoder. >> >> For capturing TV programs, there may be some service like the >> Online TV Recoder which I occassionally use. Maybe this works also >> for radio programs? >> >> Additionally, there may be an option to download some kind of media >> streams. There are tools for that available. > There is cx88 in the ports which will cover a lot of pci devices, and > webcamd covers just about all the rest. Then use mplayer or another > tool to record the stream. > > And if you're real tricky you can set it to record at a specific time > and shut off at another specified time... :) I wrote a script for > this; a bit hackish, but it gets the job done. I have to clean it up > someday when I have the spare time. No one suggesting MythTV? I haven't used a tuner card but I thought MythTV was the one to use. -- Shane Ambler FreeBSD (at) ShaneWare (dot) Biz http://ShaneWare.Biz