Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 08:53:48 +0100 From: Dieter <freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Improving FreeBSD's hardware compatibility - TV tuners Message-ID: <200607231553.PAA03098@sopwith.solgatos.com>
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> analog TV? what's that? isn't everyone going digital? (yes, I know > that analog TV will be with us for a long time due to security cams > and other uses..) Broadcast analog TV will be going away soon. Yet there will be continue to be some uses for analog capture. So I recommend concentrating first on tuners that handle both analog and digital. Work is in progress on the Dvico Fusion5 tuners. The Fusion5 is nice because it is available in a USB version, which does not require a slot. Another tuner worthy of a BSD driver is the HD3000. Does both analog and digital in a variety of formats (NTSC, PAL, 8VSB, QAM, etc.) Has working Linux drivers with source. The only tuner I know of that is documented to be friendly to fair use rights. The Fusion5 and HD3000 use different chips. If one doesn't work well in a particular reception environment, the other might.
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