From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 16 21:36:52 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD21D16A4CE for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:36:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15D7943D60 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:36:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bbdl21548@blueyonder.co.uk) Received: from azimuth ([82.37.1.107]) by smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:37:25 +0000 Message-ID: <001701c5146f$a431f530$0600010a@azimuth> From: "Jasvinder S. Bahra" To: Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:36:57 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1478 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Feb 2005 21:37:25.0547 (UTC) FILETIME=[B4B2CFB0:01C5146F] Subject: Recomendations for Video Capture Cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:36:52 -0000 Hi all, I've recently had a PC become available, and I would like to set it up as a kind of video recorder. I would like to purchase a card of some sort that would allow me to connect the PC to my TV, and record television programmes on the hard-drive. The reverse also - playing back the recording, and viewing it on the TV. Now, i've done a little research, and I understand that FreeBSD "provides support for PCI-based TV cards using a Brooktree Bt848/849/878/879 or a Conexant CN-878/Fusion 878a Video Capture Chip with the bktr(4) driver". Does anyone have any recomendations on a video capture card that would be suitable? Has anyone done anything like this before? I presume so as the driver already exists. How successful (or otherwise), did the project turn out? I realise there is lots of software in the ports collection that can provide audio/video capture capabilities, but does anyone know of any that can be scheduled to automatically start and stop capturing at predefined times? I suppose I could use the crontab if the software supports command line configuration... Regards, Jazz