Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 08:59:02 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: "Mark Beaver" <beaverm@corp.earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD PVR -- any suggestions would be helpful Message-ID: <20041018085902.0e9066a7.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20041017173123.D0D5543D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20041017173123.D0D5543D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 13:35:37 -0500
"Mark Beaver" <beaverm@corp.earthlink.net> wrote:
> I'd like to build a FreeBSD based PVR station with at least Svideo output
> and ideally digital coax sound (maybe not dolby digital)
>
> Currently I have:
>
> P3 350
You had better look at a PVR250 or PVR350 card with on board mpeg
encoder or get more CPU, my AMD XP2000 can do real time full resolution
mpeg (1, 2, 4 whatever) encoding but nothing signaficantly slower will.
You might manage full resolution realtime to Nuppelvideo format
with that CPU and then recode to a more compact format at leisure.
> 448 Megs of ram
Plenty.
> 160Gigs of storage
Probably plenty.
> If anyone thinks I'd need more hardware, please by all means let me know
> what you've had work for you, (working on a budget so nothing extra
> ordinary) I more or less just want a system that will record reasonably
> well, and possibly play back simultaneously if possible (given budget)
Simultaneous playback is pushing it.
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