Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:57:25 +1030 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream? Message-ID: <4F5EB08D.7090407@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <4F5D3954.1090807@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <20120311202816.GA7754@thought.org> <20120311221958.37717d66.freebsd@edvax.de> <4F5D3954.1090807@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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On 12/03/2012 10:16, Da Rock wrote:
> On 03/12/12 07:19, Polytropon wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:28:19 -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
>>> here us a FBSD qauestion.... how can i capture any tv
>>> stream---or radio stream for later replay?
>> I've been using a BrookTree ("Haupauge WinTV") PCI card for
>> capturing from TV which worked very good using the standard
>> programs mplayer and mencoder.
>>
>> For capturing TV programs, there may be some service like the
>> Online TV Recoder which I occassionally use. Maybe this works also
>> for radio programs?
>>
>> Additionally, there may be an option to download some kind of media
>> streams. There are tools for that available.
> There is cx88 in the ports which will cover a lot of pci devices, and
> webcamd covers just about all the rest. Then use mplayer or another
> tool to record the stream.
>
> And if you're real tricky you can set it to record at a specific time
> and shut off at another specified time... :) I wrote a script for
> this; a bit hackish, but it gets the job done. I have to clean it up
> someday when I have the spare time.
No one suggesting MythTV? I haven't used a tuner card but I thought
MythTV was the one to use.
--
Shane Ambler
FreeBSD (at) ShaneWare (dot) Biz
http://ShaneWare.Biz
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