From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 17 17:31:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7A3F16A4D7 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:31:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net (invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0D5543D45 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:31:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from beaverm@corp.earthlink.net) Received: from [24.181.31.13] (helo=tower) by invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CJEs4-0005Vf-QS for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 10:31:24 -0700 From: "Mark Beaver" To: Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 13:35:37 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcS0eBibiclehFrOQk6URwH2Y+UvhA== X-ELNK-Trace: 83936d1c7f8fa5c39649176a89d694c0f43c108795ac450707fa5c52a36d181d2dec16c54609624f350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.181.31.13 Message-Id: <20041017173123.D0D5543D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Subject: FreeBSD PVR -- any suggestions would be helpful X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:31:24 -0000 I'd like to build a FreeBSD based PVR station with at least Svideo output and ideally digital coax sound (maybe not dolby digital) Currently I have: P3 350 448 Megs of ram 160Gigs of storage I'd like to know if anyone has had any luck with this type of system if so, what kind of hardware. If anyone thinks I'd need more hardware, please by all means let me know what you've had work for you, (working on a budget so nothing extra ordinary) I more or less just want a system that will record reasonably well, and possibly play back simultaneously if possible (given budget) Anyone have any suggestions ideas for hardware or software FWIW: I'm looking for video cards w/ svideo out, and an encoder card (Hauppauge, or the like) Thanks, Mark Mark