Recommended hardware and software to capture video stream

[Julian Elischer]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Mike Tancsa wrote:

> 
> 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
> 



so, do the winTV cards work?

hwo do I know which card will work?

and, important to me, what about being able to pull in PAL 
signals?
 
is ther ea  list of supported cards?

> 
>          ---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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> > >
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