Which FreeBSD Version for Video Capture/Playback?

Steve O'Hara-Smith steve at sohara.org
Mon Nov 10 08:56:06 PST 2003


On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:00:38 -0500
Brian Skrab <brian at quynh-and-brian.org> wrote:

> I'm interested in doing a bit of video recording via a brooktree
> capture card, and am wondering which FreeBSD version (5.1-CURRENT or
> 4.9-STABLE) those in-the-know recommend for this purpose. 

	RELENG_4 works fine for this purpose IME. I can't speak for
-current but it is after all the bleeding edge so you are more likely to
be bitten by unrelated problems (like the recent ATA issues).


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