Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 13:42:06 -0700 From: Tim Pozar <pozar@lns.com> To: Gregory W Lovell <glovell@ecr.mu.oz.au> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recording TV using a BT878 based card Message-ID: <20010616134206.D11726@lns.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.95.1010617020720.1001482A-100000@gromit.ecr.mu.oz.au>; from glovell@ecr.mu.oz.au on Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 02:13:06AM %2B1000 References: <Pine.SGI.3.95.1010617020720.1001482A-100000@gromit.ecr.mu.oz.au>
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On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 02:13:06AM +1000, Gregory W Lovell wrote: > FreeBSD Multimedia, > > I'm in the process of building a FreeBSD server which will act as an > internet gateway for my network. While doing this, I've come up with the > idea of using the server to record programs off free-to-air TV to be > watched on other computers. Does software exist which would allow me to > program what I would like to record in advance? As the system resources > are quite limited, I don't really want to use an X-based application. > Would this kind of thing be possible on a Pentium 133 (simply capturing TV > at approx. VCD resolution in uncompressed form, for later encoding) ? Any > help would be greatly appreciated. Hmmm... It would be cool if there was support for Hauppauge's PVR card: http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvr_datasheet.htm Tim -- Snail: Tim Pozar / LNS / 1978 45th Ave / San Francisco CA 94116 / USA POTS: +1 415 665 3790 Radio: KC6GNJ / KAE6247 "It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word." - Andrew Jackson "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite." - Bertrand Russell, "Skeptical_Essays" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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