Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:49:34 -0500 From: Nicolas Blais <nb_root@videotron.ca> To: Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: homemade PVR questions Message-ID: <200603251549.34278.nb_root@videotron.ca> In-Reply-To: <B9D5D438-06CD-470F-8FC1-53A9179C3E0F@netmusician.org> References: <063104E3-F7FA-4260-92F9-9A75D3B9C874@netmusician.org> <200603251533.54375.nb_root@videotron.ca> <B9D5D438-06CD-470F-8FC1-53A9179C3E0F@netmusician.org>
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--nextPart1558049.N6WEtVHQWL Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 25 March 2006 15:41, Joe Auty wrote: > On Mar 25, 2006, at 3:33 PM, Nicolas Blais wrote: > > On Saturday 25 March 2006 15:07, Joe Auty wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> > >> I'm just getting ready to setup a PVR for myself on my FreeBSD > >> machine, but I thought I would run by my plans with you guys first > >> just to ensure that this will work. > >> > >> I have a satellite signal (Bell ExpressVu), it comes with a set-top > >> box that inputs and outputs a coax signal. I'm looking at the > >> Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 and using the driver for this provided in the > >> ports tree with MythTV. > >> > >> Really, all I need this for is recording TV shows just like we used > >> to use a VCR for. If I can schedule, record, save to a directory, > >> I'll pick up this Hauppauge card. > >> > >> Are there minimal requirements for the video and sound cards, or is > >> all of this handled by the Hauppauge card? Any experiences doing > >> something similar to what I'm doing? Any general advice? > >> > >> > >> Thanks! > > > > Hi, what you wish to attempt is possible, here's my experience: > > > > I have a WinTV card and I can record with transcode (also possible > > with > > mencoder) but the problem is that whenever bktr (the wintv driver) > > is opened > > for read, the TV audio that is fed from my WinTV to my sound card thru > > the "line in" port is heard. > > > > That means that I can record a show (audio/video) correctly, but at > > the cost > > of hearing the audio while it is recording. Obviously annoying > > unless I turn > > off my speakers, and I haven't found a way around (playing with > > mixer to turn > > down the volume obviously turns down the recorded volume too). > > > > Playing with the WinTV in FreeBSD is tricky, but usually one can > > fiddle around > > to make it work. Post your experiences in the FreeBSD-Multimedia > > list if you > > ever attempt your project. > > Well, I won't be using this setup to do any live recording at all, > just recording stuff overnight on a machine that I usually just > access over SSH. Sounds like your issue won't be an issue for me =3D) > > Do I need to have a minimal sound/video card configuration for this > to work, or is everything handled on the card already? Would you > recommend using transcode, mencoder, or MythTV to schedule recordings > like I plan to do? > There isn't really a minimum sound/video configuration. Also, if you're onl= y=20 recording the output of the wintv and not displaying it, the video card won= 't=20 even care you're recording a show. Your sound card usually must have a=20 line-in port (or internal line-in). Like I said, I use transcode or mencoder, but never tried MythTV. I schedul= e=20 my recording using the 'at' command (see 'man at') and let cron do its stuf= f.=20 Note that the 'atrun' command which is run by cron, is set to check jobs=20 every 5 minutes, see /etc/crontab to change this. I wouldn't suggest gettin= g=20 below 5 minutes as this could slowdown your system, but instead start and e= nd=20 your recording job 5 minutes earlier and later. Hope this is of use to you, Nicolas. =2D-=20 =46reeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #13: Sat Mar 25 09:45:35 EST 2006 =20 root@clk01a:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A=20 PGP? : http://www.clkroot.net/security/nb_root.asc --nextPart1558049.N6WEtVHQWL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEJaze4wTBlvcsbJURAmMlAKCI/DuzXB1JyDxm9u/wrSzUcLOYlACfQZyT j4TMU4VuAJTNsczni6RVBFQ= =w7+p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1558049.N6WEtVHQWL--
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