Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:41:41 -0500 From: Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> To: Nicolas Blais <nb_root@videotron.ca> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: homemade PVR questions Message-ID: <B9D5D438-06CD-470F-8FC1-53A9179C3E0F@netmusician.org> In-Reply-To: <200603251533.54375.nb_root@videotron.ca> References: <063104E3-F7FA-4260-92F9-9A75D3B9C874@netmusician.org> <200603251533.54375.nb_root@videotron.ca>
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On Mar 25, 2006, at 3:33 PM, Nicolas Blais wrote: > 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 > mencoder) but the problem is that whenever bktr (the wintv driver) > is opened > for read, the TV audio that is fed from my WinTV to my sound card thru > the "line in" port is heard. > > That means that I can record a show (audio/video) correctly, but at > the cost > of hearing the audio while it is recording. Obviously annoying > unless I turn > off my speakers, and I haven't found a way around (playing with > mixer to turn > down the volume obviously turns down the recorded volume too). > > Playing with the WinTV in FreeBSD is tricky, but usually one can > fiddle around > to make it work. Post your experiences in the FreeBSD-Multimedia > list if you > ever attempt your project. > Well, I won't be using this setup to do any live recording at all, just recording stuff overnight on a machine that I usually just access over SSH. Sounds like your issue won't be an issue for me =) Do I need to have a minimal sound/video card configuration for this to work, or is everything handled on the card already? Would you recommend using transcode, mencoder, or MythTV to schedule recordings like I plan to do? ----------- Joe Auty NetMusician: web publishing software for musicians http://www.netmusician.org joe@netmusician.org
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