From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 25 20:33:56 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 03B8216A41F for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:33:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nb_root@videotron.ca) Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A085943D46 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:33:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nb_root@videotron.ca) Received: from clk01a ([66.130.198.54]) by VL-MO-MR003.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.05 (built Apr 28 2005)) with ESMTP id <0IWP002IAAGIRX30@VL-MO-MR003.ip.videotron.ca> for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:33:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:33:49 -0500 From: Nicolas Blais In-reply-to: <063104E3-F7FA-4260-92F9-9A75D3B9C874@netmusician.org> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Message-id: <200603251533.54375.nb_root@videotron.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/signed; boundary=nextPart2925371.saGgyAgycN; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <063104E3-F7FA-4260-92F9-9A75D3B9C874@netmusician.org> User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 Cc: Subject: Re: 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 20:33:56 -0000 --nextPart2925371.saGgyAgycN Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 25 March 2006 15:07, Joe Auty wrote: > 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! > Hi, what you wish to attempt is possible, here's my experience: I have a WinTV card and I can record with transcode (also possible with=20 mencoder) but the problem is that whenever bktr (the wintv driver) is opene= d=20 for read, the TV audio that is fed from my WinTV to my sound card thru=20 the "line in" port is heard. That means that I can record a show (audio/video) correctly, but at the cos= t=20 of hearing the audio while it is recording. Obviously annoying unless I tur= n=20 off my speakers, and I haven't found a way around (playing with mixer to tu= rn=20 down the volume obviously turns down the recorded volume too). Playing with the WinTV in FreeBSD is tricky, but usually one can fiddle aro= und=20 to make it work. Post your experiences in the FreeBSD-Multimedia list if yo= u=20 ever attempt your project. Nicolas. =2D-=20 =46reeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #13: Sat Mar 25 09:45:35 EST 2006 =20 root@clk01a:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A=20 PGP? : http://www.clkroot.net/security/nb_root.asc --nextPart2925371.saGgyAgycN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEJaky4wTBlvcsbJURAii6AKC5VQTYKqRVUdnYyndrOIWZ/spXdQCfRxLm vqxmxqfGlpGeBXSP1N2CW9Q= =WCFp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2925371.saGgyAgycN--