Recommended hardware and software to capture video stream

[kitsune]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:32:40 -0800 (PST)
Julian Elischer <julian at elischer.org> 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?

If I understand the last part... all you need is a video card with
svideo out. NVidia and ATI both make cards that do that. All you have
to do is set that up in your XF86Config.