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Mark,

> >  Is it possible to record video under FreeBSD? Which card should I buy for
> >  that? Is multicasting can be done using combination of available software,
> >  or some programming required?
> 
> For serious digital recording, I would point you towards hardware
> MPEG2 compression. FreeBSD does not have a free driver for hardware
> MPEG2 devices.

For which device(s) does it have a non-free driver? Or hardware MPEG2
devices are not supported by FreeBSD at all?

Thanks,
Alex