From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 2 13:07:54 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 AD7A330E for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2013 13:07:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de) Received: from smtp.kn-bremen.de (gelbbaer.kn-bremen.de [78.46.108.116]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A96CA4 for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2013 13:07:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kn-bremen.de (Postfix, from userid 10) id 1D52B1E007A3; Sat, 2 Feb 2013 14:07:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from triton8.kn-bremen.de (noident@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by triton8.kn-bremen.de (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r12Cuf7Q033484; Sat, 2 Feb 2013 13:56:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nox@triton8.kn-bremen.de) Received: (from nox@localhost) by triton8.kn-bremen.de (8.14.5/8.14.3/Submit) id r12Cuf5t033483; Sat, 2 Feb 2013 13:56:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nox) Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 13:56:41 +0100 (CET) From: Juergen Lock Message-Id: <201302021256.r12Cuf5t033483@triton8.kn-bremen.de> To: torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no Subject: Re: receiving aerial digital TV X-Newsgroups: local.list.freebsd.multimedia In-Reply-To: <20130201194812.187567edda1c66ad43a44a20@getmail.no> References: Organization: Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org 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: Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:07:54 -0000 In article <20130201194812.187567edda1c66ad43a44a20@getmail.no> you write: >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 That list btw is not exhaustive, some (mostly newer) Linux drivers webcamd includes don't have manpages yet. There also is a wiki page listing (among others) some DVB/ATSC tuners people tested, https://wiki.freebsd.org/WebcamCompat > >as for recording and viewing TV, ports also have Freevo, MythTV, VDR and XBMC. > .and I posted a small guide about digital TV on forums.freebsd.org: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=35179 HTH, :) Juergen