From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 1 18:48:15 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1510FBAD for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 18:48:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no) Received: from smtp.getmail.no (smtp.getmail.no [84.208.15.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B77048B4 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 18:48:14 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Received: from get-mta-scan04.get.basefarm.net ([10.5.16.4]) by get-mta-out03.get.basefarm.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7.0-0.04 64bit (built Jun 20 2008)) with ESMTP id <0MHK00G7Y1KDIT00@get-mta-out03.get.basefarm.net> for freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:48:13 +0100 (MET) Received: from get-mta-scan04.get.basefarm.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Email Security Appliance) with SMTP id 86F511F03332_10C0DEDB for ; Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:48:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no (cm-84.215.134.159.getinternet.no [84.215.134.159]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by get-mta-scan04.get.basefarm.net (Sophos Email Appliance) with ESMTPSA id 5BB531F032EC_10C0DEDF for ; Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:48:13 +0000 (GMT) Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:48:12 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: receiving aerial digital TV Message-id: <20130201194812.187567edda1c66ad43a44a20@getmail.no> In-reply-to: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.3.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3) X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:48:15 -0000 On Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:27:54 -0800 Dieter BSD wrote: > [ This topic is better discussed in -multimedia@, suggest that followups > drop -hackers@ ] > > > i am out of current knowledge about common TV for about 10 years. > > > > Currently in Poland there is aerial TV broadcasted in DVB-T standard. > > There are TVs with builtin decoder/demodulator or separate > > decoders/demodulator with HDMI output. > > > > But how about just receiving demodulated data and letting mplayer play it, > > and - most importantly - recording it directly. I know there are USB > > receivers on market. > > > > Are such devices supported under FreeBSD? if so - what driver, what > > chipset to look when buying such a thing? any other recommendation. Another option is webcamd (in ports) - it supports a whole lot of usb devices, through their linux drivers. I currently have an older version installed on this machine: root@kg-v2# portversion -v webcamd webcamd-3.7.0.4 = up-to-date with port tingo@kg-v2$ apropos webcamd | grep -i dvb a800(4) - webcamd driver for AVerMedia AverTV A800 DVB-T receiver af9005(4) - webcamd driver for Afatech 9005 DVB-T receiver af9015(4) - webcamd driver for Afatech 9015 DVB-T receiver au6610(4) - webcamd driver for AU6610 DVB-T ce6230(4) - webcamd driver for Intel CE6230 DVB-T cinergy(4) - webcamd driver for Cinergy T2/qanu DVB-T cxusb(4) - webcamd driver for Conexant USB DVB digitv(4) - webcamd driver for Nebula Electronics uDigiTV DVB-T dtt200u(4) - webcamd driver for DTT200U DVB-T devices dtv5100(4) - webcamd driver for AME DTV-5100 DVB-T dw2102(4) - webcamd driver for DVBWorld and TeVii DVB-S/S2 ec168(4) - webcamd driver for EC168 DVB-T gp8psk(4) - webcamd driver for GENPIX DVB-S m920x(4) - webcamd driver for m920x DVB-T nova-t(4) - webcamd driver for NOVA-T DVB-T opera(4) - webcamd driver for Opera1 DVB-S ttusb2(4) - webcamd driver for Technotrend DVB umt(4) - webcamd driver for UMT-010 DVB-T vp702x(4) - webcamd driver for TwinhanDTV StarBox DVB-S vp7045(4) - webcamd driver for TwinhanDTV DVB-T webcamd(8) - daemon to provide access to USB webcam and DVB devices as for recording and viewing TV, ports also have Freevo, MythTV, VDR and XBMC. -- Torfinn Ingolfsen