From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 13 21:38:41 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4A94106566C for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:38:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hemi@puresimplicity.net) Received: from just.puresimplicity.net (just.puresimplicity.net [68.77.126.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63B978FC14 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:38:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from maize13.cropsci.uiuc.edu (maize13.cropsci.uiuc.edu [130.126.89.85]) (authenticated bits=0) by just.puresimplicity.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q2DLEvAY099549 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:14:58 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from hemi@puresimplicity.net) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96 at just.puresimplicity.net Message-ID: <4F5FB8CC.8080303@puresimplicity.net> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:14:52 -0500 From: Josh Tolbert User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.2 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> <4F5EB36A.4090609@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120313210636.GD10311@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20120313210636.GD10311@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (just.puresimplicity.net [68.77.126.251]); Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:14:58 -0500 (CDT) 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 List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:38:41 -0000 On 3/13/12 4:06 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:39:38PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > so that's it. i messed around with mythtv last fall on my ubuntu > distro. couldn't get anywhere and finally realized that =you need some > kind of HARDWARE=. I have an HDHomeRun...The original "classic" two-tuner model, from http://www.silicondust.com. It's a stand-alone DTV streamer. I use it with an antenna; apparently you can get versions that work with antennas or cablecard/cable TV as well. Works great. I use it with Windows Media Center for scheduling recordings, but they work great with MythTV, VLC and others for recording. Using VLC, I've recorded some videos of a local band on a morning show that have ended up on YouTube...I can send links if you want to see how it looks, although that station only broadcasts in 480i. For what it's worth, I've successfully used three BT848/878/878+ cards---all of which were PixelView or STB cards---in the same machine running FreeBSD with the bktr driver and Motion to handle surveillance-camera duties. mplayer/mencoder could only use bktr0 cause they hard-code bktr0 in the source and seemed thoroughly uninterested in fixing this oversight, even though the change would be fairly minor. Hope that helps someone. Cheers, Josh -- Josh Tolbert hemi@puresimplicity.net || http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. -- Helen Keller