Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 13:02:00 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox <vvelox@vvelox.net> To: "Mark Beaver" <beaverm@corp.earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD PVR -- any suggestions would be helpful Message-ID: <20041017130200.75667953@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <20041017173123.D0D5543D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20041017173123.D0D5543D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 13:35:37 -0500 "Mark Beaver" <beaverm@corp.earthlink.net> wrote: > I'd like to build a FreeBSD based PVR station with at least Svideo > output and ideally digital coax sound (maybe not dolby digital) > > Currently I have: > > P3 350 > 448 Megs of ram > 160Gigs of storage > > I'd like to know if anyone has had any luck with this type of system > if so, what kind of hardware. > > If anyone thinks I'd need more hardware, please by all means let me > know what you've had work for you, (working on a budget so nothing > extra ordinary) I more or less just want a system that will record > reasonably well, and possibly play back simultaneously if possible > (given budget) > > Anyone have any suggestions ideas for hardware or software > > FWIW: I'm looking for video cards w/ svideo out, and an encoder card > (Hauppauge, or the like) For svideo out I would suggest either a cheap ATI or nVidia card... for the video recoding stuff, you have two choices, a PVR-250/350, which now has a driver in the ports, or a Brooktree Bt848/849/878/879 card. Brooktree cards are cheap now days. You can get them for like 30 USD or slightly less now.
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