From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 17:32:44 2004 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 DD61516A4CE for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:32:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C650E43D1D for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:32:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from interjet.elischer.org ([24.7.73.28]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2004012201324201500kert7e>; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 01:32:43 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.elischer.org [127.0.0.1]) by InterJet.elischer.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA18618; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:32:41 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:32:40 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: John-Mark Gurney In-Reply-To: <20040122004013.GW74366@funkthat.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org cc: Bill Stokes Subject: Re: Recommended hardware and software to capture video stream X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 01:32:45 -0000 This echoes my own question which is that I'm tempted to try make a FreeBSD 'tivo' (DVR?) but haven't been following developments in the field.. WHat cards can be used and how does one go about outputing standard TV-like video? julian On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > Bill Stokes wrote this message on Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 17:24 -0500: > > I have been asked to build a video capture system for a friend. He'd like > > a FreeBSD system with svideo input. I'm to grab a video stream from > > the svideo input and write an mpeg. My stream will vary from 30 minutes > > to two hours in length. I believe the source will run at 30 frames per > > second. He would like to input a filename for output and the number > > of minutes to capture data. Can anyone recommend a video card > > and the software required for data capture? > > Do you want MPEG-1 or MPEG-2? If you just want MPEG-1 (320x240 or there > abouts), then a standard Bt848 card would work. If you want MPEG-2, > there in a PVR-250+ that should do what you want. The driver isn't > integrated into FreeBSD but was posted to this list recently. does it need a sponsor for commit? > > -- > John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 > > "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not." > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >