Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:19:46 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Josh Tolbert <hemi@puresimplicity.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream? Message-ID: <20120314021946.GA7043@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <4F5FB8CC.8080303@puresimplicity.net> 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> <4F5FB8CC.8080303@puresimplicity.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 04:14:52PM -0500, Josh Tolbert wrote: > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:14:52 -0500 > From: Josh Tolbert <hemi@puresimplicity.net> > Subject: Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream? > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > 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. hey, josh, you just gave me an idea. my sister is giving me a used computer that is in good shape. i have heard about the "848" or whatever cards for years. should i have my sister's technician add one? i understood everything but your last paragraph. please do send me the links....offline i f you think it wise to spare the bandwidth. Q: i have [i think] hi-def in the used computer, so want a hi-def card.... yours in geezer-geeekdom, gary PS: i was a kernel hacker, a porter, and an OS TEster. pix, tv, [movies], audio are strictly over my head. > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Voice By Computer (for Universal Access): http:/www.thought.org/vbc The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20120314021946.GA7043>