From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 14 19:47:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org 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 A3A3816A412 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:47:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (gate.funkthat.com [69.17.45.168]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37A3343D8D for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:47:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (ly1kzp5gnnl958g7@localhost.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.13.6/8.13.3) with ESMTP id kAEJkwL6082523; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:46:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.13.6/8.13.3/Submit) id kAEJkwaP082522; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:46:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:46:58 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Jim Stapleton Message-ID: <20061114194658.GW9291@funkthat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Jim Stapleton , freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org References: <80f4f2b20611140557i41fa387ci8cb61147421b4565@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20611140557i41fa387ci8cb61147421b4565@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p6 i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which of these HD TV tuners would be easier to get/write drivers for? X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:47:31 -0000 Jim Stapleton wrote this message on Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 08:57 -0500: > I'm looking at setting up a multimedia center PC, and I'd like to base > it off of BSD, but the problem is that TV Tuners are hard to find with > drivers, and HD Tuners even worse. > > Anyone know which of these would be easier to write drivers for? One > looks to be Phillips, one looks to be Connexant (examing the windows > driver files), dunno about the rest > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815100140 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815325001 Not sure about these, but if you get a 5th gen LG tuner package (LG H062F) w/ a Bt878 chip, you most likely can use the bktrau driver and capture program I've writen... > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815326001 (If I > could get a low profile bracket for this, I'd prefer that option) This doesn't look like an HDTV card... If you want a low profile HDTV card, the DViCO FusionHDTV5 Lite (not the RT version) comes w/ a low profile bracket and works w/ the bktrau driver... > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116310 > (preferrably not, bad experiences with ATI) Don't even attempt.. I have one, and ATI doesn't even respond.. -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."