Boards to convert video in mpeg/avi/dvix/whatever with FreeBSD ?

[Jason Andresen]

Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm looking for a board that allows me to digitally record combined
> video/audio signals (PAL, not NTSC) with FreeBSD 4.8. CPU and harddisk
> space is no problem 8-}
> 
> Any pointers, hints ?

I think you're looking for a Brooktree 848/878 based video capture board 
(which can be set for PAL mode).  Hauppauge makes several fine ones 
which are supported in FreeBSD.

There are various recording options, from mencoder (part of the mplayer 
package) to ffmpeg to fxtv.  Honestly, none of these are as easy as they 
should be, but people have gotten them to work.

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