Recommended hardware and software to capture video stream

[Mike Tancsa]

I have been using the Hauppage WinPVR 350 on my home server/firewall.  With 
a slightly modified driver that was originally posted by John Wehle 
<john at feith.com>, I regular record programs and it works great.  The is no 
video out yet, but thats not a big deal for me as I watch it on my windows 
laptop


         ---Mike

At 08:32 PM 21/01/2004, Julian Elischer wrote:
>This echoes my own question which is that I'm tempted to try make a
>FreeBSD 'tivo' (DVR?) but haven't been following developments in
>the field.. WHat cards can be used and how does one go about outputing
>standard TV-like video?
>
>julian
>
>
>On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
>
> > Bill Stokes wrote this message on Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 17:24 -0500:
> > >        I have been asked to build a video capture system for a 
> friend. He'd like
> > >        a FreeBSD system with svideo input. I'm to grab a video stream 
> from
> > >        the svideo input and write an mpeg. My stream will vary from 
> 30 minutes
> > >        to two hours in length. I believe the source will run at 30 
> frames per
> > >        second.  He would like to input a filename for output and the 
> number
> > >        of minutes to capture data. Can anyone recommend a video card
> > >        and the software required for data capture?
> >
> > Do you want MPEG-1 or MPEG-2?  If you just want MPEG-1 (320x240 or there
> > abouts), then a standard Bt848 card would work.  If you want MPEG-2,
> > there in a PVR-250+ that should do what you want.  The driver isn't
> > integrated into FreeBSD but was posted to this list recently.
>
>does it need a sponsor for commit?
>
>
>
> >
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