From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 13 02:45:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60C651065678 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:45:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C458C8FC19 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:45:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (bell.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.40]) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42A525C28 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:58:27 +1000 (EST) Received: from laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CB8945C22 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:58:26 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4F5EB36A.4090609@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:39:38 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111109 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20120311202816.GA7754@thought.org> <20120311221958.37717d66.freebsd@edvax.de> <4F5D3954.1090807@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4F5EB08D.7090407@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <4F5EB08D.7090407@ShaneWare.Biz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:45:12 -0000 On 03/13/12 12:27, Shane Ambler wrote: > On 12/03/2012 10:16, Da Rock wrote: >> On 03/12/12 07:19, Polytropon wrote: >>> On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:28:19 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: >>>> here us a FBSD qauestion.... how can i capture any tv >>>> stream---or radio stream for later replay? >>> I've been using a BrookTree ("Haupauge WinTV") PCI card for >>> capturing from TV which worked very good using the standard >>> programs mplayer and mencoder. >>> >>> For capturing TV programs, there may be some service like the >>> Online TV Recoder which I occassionally use. Maybe this works also >>> for radio programs? >>> >>> Additionally, there may be an option to download some kind of media >>> streams. There are tools for that available. >> There is cx88 in the ports which will cover a lot of pci devices, and >> webcamd covers just about all the rest. Then use mplayer or another >> tool to record the stream. >> >> And if you're real tricky you can set it to record at a specific time >> and shut off at another specified time... :) I wrote a script for >> this; a bit hackish, but it gets the job done. I have to clean it up >> someday when I have the spare time. > > No one suggesting MythTV? I haven't used a tuner card but I thought > MythTV was the one to use. Pah! Too much bloat - especially for this use. A lot of setup and configuration is required, and for a one off why bother?