Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 16:40:13 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: Bill Stokes <bstokes@lists.troopeight.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended hardware and software to capture video stream Message-ID: <20040122004013.GW74366@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <003e01c3e06d$6738f930$0301010a@crash> References: <003e01c3e06d$6738f930$0301010a@crash>
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Bill Stokes wrote this message on Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 17:24 -0500:
> I have been asked to build a video capture system for a friend. He'd like
> a FreeBSD system with svideo input. I'm to grab a video stream from
> the svideo input and write an mpeg. My stream will vary from 30 minutes
> to two hours in length. I believe the source will run at 30 frames per
> second. He would like to input a filename for output and the number
> of minutes to capture data. Can anyone recommend a video card
> and the software required for data capture?
Do you want MPEG-1 or MPEG-2? If you just want MPEG-1 (320x240 or there
abouts), then a standard Bt848 card would work. If you want MPEG-2,
there in a PVR-250+ that should do what you want. The driver isn't
integrated into FreeBSD but was posted to this list recently.
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