From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 9 18:20:45 2005 Return-Path: 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 81CE116A4CE for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 18:20:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from haggis.it.ca (haggis.it.ca [216.126.86.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2765843D3F for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 18:20:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@haggis.it.ca) Received: from haggis.it.ca (paul@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by haggis.it.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j19IKij5004962; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:20:44 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul@haggis.it.ca) Received: (from paul@localhost) by haggis.it.ca (8.12.11/8.12.6/Submit) id j19IKh2d004961; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:20:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:20:43 -0500 From: Paul Chvostek To: Ola Theander Message-ID: <20050209182043.GB28606@it.ca> References: <20050207235656.TOYU23903.mxfep01.bredband.com@c0003> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050207235656.TOYU23903.mxfep01.bredband.com@c0003> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help: Tips for building a video capture device? X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 18:20:45 -0000 On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 12:56:55AM +0100, Ola Theander wrote: > > My idea is to use one of these ITX-motherboards to build a video capture > computer with a simple touch screen interface but I haven't managed to find > a motherboard that supports video-in as well as it's able to run FreeBSD or ... > This construction is a first draft idea so if any of you hackers out there > have some alternative idea how this can be done I'll be glad to hear. I too think that a firewire interface connected to a DV-capable camcorder would be a reasonable alternative. ffmpeg has good support for DV; you could easily transcode into something more compact for storage, and give the user options for managing the tradeoff between quality and duration. If not with a laptop, you could almost certainly find motherboards with firewire interfaces onboard. Google has lots more suggestions: http://www.google.com/search?q=itx+motherboard+1394 If you really really need composite in, I'm sure Google can advise on that too. I see some at http://www.lex.com.tw/, but their site insane, and gives my browser cringe. YMMV. -- Paul Chvostek Operations / Abuse / Whatever it.canada, hosting and development http://www.it.ca/