From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 25 20:08:02 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org 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 30ED416A422 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:08:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@netmusician.org) Received: from netmusician.org (netmusician.org [209.67.223.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8F3A43D45 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:08:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joe@netmusician.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by netmusician.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47C70730C3 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:08:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from netmusician.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (netmusician.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 86561-03 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:08:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (12-223-193-72.client.insightbb.com [12.223.193.72]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by netmusician.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9119F730AD for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:08:00 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <063104E3-F7FA-4260-92F9-9A75D3B9C874@netmusician.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org From: Joe Auty Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:07:58 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.3) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at netmusician.org Subject: homemade PVR questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:08:02 -0000 Hello, I'm just getting ready to setup a PVR for myself on my FreeBSD machine, but I thought I would run by my plans with you guys first just to ensure that this will work. I have a satellite signal (Bell ExpressVu), it comes with a set-top box that inputs and outputs a coax signal. I'm looking at the Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 and using the driver for this provided in the ports tree with MythTV. Really, all I need this for is recording TV shows just like we used to use a VCR for. If I can schedule, record, save to a directory, I'll pick up this Hauppauge card. Are there minimal requirements for the video and sound cards, or is all of this handled by the Hauppauge card? Any experiences doing something similar to what I'm doing? Any general advice? Thanks! ----------- Joe Auty NetMusician: web publishing software for musicians http://www.netmusician.org joe@netmusician.org