From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 18 07:59:07 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 823F816A4CE for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 07:59:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail05.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (mail05.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.118.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B389243D2D for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 07:59:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: (qmail 90177 messnum 391661 invoked from network[159.134.156.56/159-134-156-56.as1.twv.tralee.eircom.net]); 18 Oct 2004 07:59:04 -0000 Received: from 159-134-156-56.as1.twv.tralee.eircom.net (HELO localhost) (159.134.156.56) by mail05.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (qp 90177) with SMTP; 18 Oct 2004 07:59:04 -0000 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 08:59:02 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: "Mark Beaver" Message-Id: <20041018085902.0e9066a7.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20041017173123.D0D5543D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20041017173123.D0D5543D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.99 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) X-Face: %]+HVL}K`P8>+8ZcY-WGHP6j@&mxMo9JH6_WdgIgUGH)JX/usO0%jy7T~IVgqjumD^OBqX,Kv^-GM6mlw(fI^$"QRKyZ$?xx/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD PVR -- any suggestions would be helpful 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: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 07:59:07 -0000 On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 13:35:37 -0500 "Mark Beaver" 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. -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirror Arrays The computer obeys and wins. | A better way to focus the sun You lose and Bill collects. | licences available see | http://www.sohara.org/