From owner-freebsd-multimedia Mon Aug 26 11:16:21 2002 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 8742737B401 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 11:16:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carbon.berkeley.netdot.net (carbon.berkeley.netdot.net [216.27.190.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16B3F43E9C for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 11:16:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nick@netdot.net) Received: by carbon.berkeley.netdot.net (Postfix, from userid 101) id 9B801F840; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 11:16:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 11:16:18 -0700 From: Nicholas Esborn To: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Known-good CPU/motherboard/soundcard combinations for video recording Message-ID: <20020826181618.GA13621@carbon.berkeley.netdot.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, I'm thinking about replacing the machine I currently use for A/V recording. Its current relevant specs: 1200 MHz AMD Duron Soyo K7V Dragon + built-in CMI 8738 512 MB PC133 RAM Brooktree bt878 card The CPU is definitely fast enough for my needs, but there are two other problems: 1) I can't capture above 320x240, if I try the machine locks up solid. I've seen others on freebsd-multimedia attribute this to the VIA KT266A chipset. 2) the on-board CMI 8738 audio chip seems to initialize at the wrong rate some of the time, which leads to gradual audio sync drift. I'm using the ffmpeg port which was distributed by Alex Teslik here on -multimedia. I've also used fxtv, which had the same problems. So does anyone have suggestions as to what motherboard/soundcard combos work Every Time? Any success stories of 640x480 capture? Thanks! -nick -- Nicholas Esborn Unix Systems Administrator Berkeley, California To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message