Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:11:29 +0200 From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> Cc: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: video capture cards for FreeBSD laptop Message-ID: <20100627171129.GA55131@triton8.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <20100627164752.GA52062@triton8.kn-bremen.de> References: <20100623114141.GA4151@current.Sisis.de> <20100623141603.GC42847@e.0x20.net> <20100627164752.GA52062@triton8.kn-bremen.de>
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On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 06:47:52PM +0200, Juergen Lock wrote: > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 04:16:04PM +0200, Lars Engels wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 01:41:41PM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I've Google'd around a bit but I don't see any real solution. My wife > > > has a FreeBSD laptop with 8-REL and wants to watch TV from time to time. > > > Any solution via USB or PCMCIA cards? Or even a small network box which > > > could be connected via LAN/WLAN by mplayer... > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Hi Matthias, > > > > the "Freecom DVB-T USB Stick" works nicely with webcamd + vlc. > > That one no longer seems to be sold tho, or only at pretty high prices... > If I look at e.g. > > http://geizhals.at/deutschland/?cat=vidext&xf=800_USB > > I find usb dvb-t tuners for as cheap as 9 eur tho I don't know which > of those work with webcamd, but if you want to experiment and maybe use > the 14-day return policy if one doesn't work... (or look up an usb tuner > on sites like > > http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hardware_Device_Information > > , maybe ask on freenode irc #linuxtv, find out which linux driver it > uses and check > > /usr/ports/multimedia/webcamd/work/webcamd-0.1.12/Makefile > > after `make extract' in /usr/ports/multimedia/webcamd to see if > webcamd builds that driver, and hope it works too...) But how ever > you try, don't forget to post your findings here! > > If you want hdtv in Germany you'll need dvb-s2 (if you have a > satellite dish) or dvb-c (if you have cable, but remember often > otherwise fta `private' channels are crypted on cable unless you > stick to analog transmissions which I don't know for how much longer > they'll be around and also you won't get hdtv that way), and dvb-c > and dvb-s(2) tuners are more expensive than dvb-t ones tho the picture > quality (bandwidth) also often is better than with dvb-t. Oh and > the hdtv versions of the german `private' channels are `paytv' > everywhere (i.e. crypted), even on satellite, the only fta hdtv > chanels on Astra 19.2E atm are Das Erste, ZDF, arte, Anixe and > Servus TV. (And EinsFestival HD but that one only plays test loops > most of the time.) > > I use a PCTV 452e Sat HDTV Pro USB dvb-s2 tuner which works pretty well > now with vdr (as well as kaffeine, mplayer, and szap-s2 with most any > player, only vlc's builtin dvb support seems to be broken for this tuner > but that I can live with.) > > If you want full pvr functionality (epg, timers, recordings, > client/server network playback/streaming/webinterface, osd, teletext, > multiple tuners... only using a remote may still be a problem) you > can try mythtv from ports or my preliminary vdr ports (which still > have loose ends but are very much functional at least for me tho > a lot of `less important' plugins aren't ported yet, some manual > tweaking may still be required and I don't know if anyone has tested > xineliboutput's vdpau support on FreeBSD yet), see here: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~nox/dvb/ > > and the threads linked from there like: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-multimedia/2010-June/011154.html > > (most Linux users I know prefer vdr over mythtv. :) > > > Jun 23 16:13:25 root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x14aa product 0x0225 bus uhub7 > > Jun 23 16:13:25 kernel: ugen7.2: <vendor 0x14aa> at usbus7 > > > > There should also be some other Sticks with the same chip. > > > > The only issue I have is that it is also recognized as a ukbd, so I had > > to remove the ukbd entries in /etc/devd.conf. > > That's probably the remote... (which other usb tuners often have extra > code for in their drivers, but webcamd doesn't support those parts yet > so you'd need to play with an extra receiver and lirc most likely if > you want to use the remote.) > > Oh and if any u.s. people are still reading, vdr seems to support atsc > now too, tho I dunno if anyone tried that with webcamd yet. Oh and btw I was watching the soccer worldcup in 720p hd today using vdr and xine on FreeBSD, Germany won 4-1 against England... :), Juergen
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