Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:48:12 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no> To: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: receiving aerial digital TV Message-ID: <20130201194812.187567edda1c66ad43a44a20@getmail.no> In-Reply-To: <CAA3ZYrDaMaPR8ZGp-RshNmoEvO8QSOmBfve3zdEEoF9gHX6T1Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAA3ZYrDaMaPR8ZGp-RshNmoEvO8QSOmBfve3zdEEoF9gHX6T1Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:27:54 -0800 Dieter BSD <dieterbsd@gmail.com> wrote: > [ This topic is better discussed in -multimedia@, suggest that followups > drop -hackers@ ] > > > i am out of current knowledge about common TV for about 10 years. > > > > Currently in Poland there is aerial TV broadcasted in DVB-T standard. > > There are TVs with builtin decoder/demodulator or separate > > decoders/demodulator with HDMI output. > > > > But how about just receiving demodulated data and letting mplayer play it, > > and - most importantly - recording it directly. I know there are USB > > receivers on market. > > > > Are such devices supported under FreeBSD? if so - what driver, what > > chipset to look when buying such a thing? any other recommendation. Another option is webcamd (in ports) - it supports a whole lot of usb devices, through their linux drivers. I currently have an older version installed on this machine: root@kg-v2# portversion -v webcamd webcamd-3.7.0.4 = up-to-date with port tingo@kg-v2$ apropos webcamd | grep -i dvb a800(4) - webcamd driver for AVerMedia AverTV A800 DVB-T receiver af9005(4) - webcamd driver for Afatech 9005 DVB-T receiver af9015(4) - webcamd driver for Afatech 9015 DVB-T receiver au6610(4) - webcamd driver for AU6610 DVB-T ce6230(4) - webcamd driver for Intel CE6230 DVB-T cinergy(4) - webcamd driver for Cinergy T2/qanu DVB-T cxusb(4) - webcamd driver for Conexant USB DVB digitv(4) - webcamd driver for Nebula Electronics uDigiTV DVB-T dtt200u(4) - webcamd driver for DTT200U DVB-T devices dtv5100(4) - webcamd driver for AME DTV-5100 DVB-T dw2102(4) - webcamd driver for DVBWorld and TeVii DVB-S/S2 ec168(4) - webcamd driver for EC168 DVB-T gp8psk(4) - webcamd driver for GENPIX DVB-S m920x(4) - webcamd driver for m920x DVB-T nova-t(4) - webcamd driver for NOVA-T DVB-T opera(4) - webcamd driver for Opera1 DVB-S ttusb2(4) - webcamd driver for Technotrend DVB umt(4) - webcamd driver for UMT-010 DVB-T vp702x(4) - webcamd driver for TwinhanDTV StarBox DVB-S vp7045(4) - webcamd driver for TwinhanDTV DVB-T webcamd(8) - daemon to provide access to USB webcam and DVB devices as for recording and viewing TV, ports also have Freevo, MythTV, VDR and XBMC. -- Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no>
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