Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 02:58:30PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:58:30 +1000 From: Da Rock freebsd-questi...@herveybayaustralia.com.au Subject: Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org On 03/14/12 13:09, Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:19:46 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: i have heard about the 848 or whatever cards for years. should i have my sister's technician add one? i understood everything but your last paragraph. please do send me the linksoffline i f you think it wise to spare the bandwidth. Just to make a note: This is the card I'm using. The model name is Haupauge WinTV and the tuner chip is Brooktree 878. It is well supported by FreeBSD (and has been for many years). A problem may be that it is a PCI card. The programs mplayer and mencoder can be used to address the tuner and video-in functions of that card, as well as displaying and storing the received content. You need a HF line to the card (or an antenna maybe), except you provide the video feed from a satelite receiver via video-in. In that case, you also need to provide the audio signal from the receiver to your sound card's line-in. With mencoder, both sources can be combined and the result can be stored as a video file in any format and container you want. This is the card: bktr0@pci0:0:9:0: class=0x04 card=0x13eb0070 chip=0x036e109e rev=0x11 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Conexant (Was: Brooktree Corp)' device = 'Bt878/Fusion 878A Mediastream Controller' class = multimedia subclass = video The card provides HF-in both for TV and radio, video-in, audio-out and... not sure what it is. :-) You need the kernel modules loaded per bktr_load=YES in /boot/loader.conf, and the card will work out of the box. No need to manually and interactively install a driver. :-) The player command is something like % mplayer tv://1 -vo x11 -ao sdl -tv driver=bsdbt848:device=/dev/bktr0 and similarly mencoder can be used (-ovc and -oac need to be adjusted accordingly) to encode to a file. I'm not sure how to handle TV (antenna) input as I've always been using a raw video feed (from VTR or camera). However, there's documentation that may help: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/tv-input.html It also contains an example to record to file, which will implement the software video tape recoder functionality. Brooktrees would be nice - if you could find them. Given the move to DVB is nearly over, there aren't many analog cards available - or need for them. The new cards use incompatible chipsets (learnt the hard way), including analog and especially DVB; you have to use the cx88 port to use them. Or if you come across a different chipset ensure the card is USB based and use webcamd. Following all that, FBSD works beautifully as a HTPC. GAAWK! This is far, far out of my comfort zone thst i wsill just skip it for now. i have my feed from my local telco, not an antenna thanks for all the datapoints, guys, but i can vedry well live without the card. gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Voice By Computer (for Universal Access): http:/www.thought.org/vbc The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
On 03/15/12 05:30, Gary Kline wrote: On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 02:58:30PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:58:30 +1000 From: Da Rockfreebsd-questi...@herveybayaustralia.com.au Subject: Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org On 03/14/12 13:09, Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:19:46 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: i have heard about the 848 or whatever cards for years. should i have my sister's technician add one? i understood everything but your last paragraph. please do send me the linksoffline i f you think it wise to spare the bandwidth. Just to make a note: This is the card I'm using. The model name is Haupauge WinTV and the tuner chip is Brooktree 878. It is well supported by FreeBSD (and has been for many years). A problem may be that it is a PCI card. The programs mplayer and mencoder can be used to address the tuner and video-in functions of that card, as well as displaying and storing the received content. You need a HF line to the card (or an antenna maybe), except you provide the video feed from a satelite receiver via video-in. In that case, you also need to provide the audio signal from the receiver to your sound card's line-in. With mencoder, both sources can be combined and the result can be stored as a video file in any format and container you want. This is the card: bktr0@pci0:0:9:0: class=0x04 card=0x13eb0070 chip=0x036e109e rev=0x11 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Conexant (Was: Brooktree Corp)' device = 'Bt878/Fusion 878A Mediastream Controller' class = multimedia subclass = video The card provides HF-in both for TV and radio, video-in, audio-out and... not sure what it is. :-) You need the kernel modules loaded per bktr_load=YES in /boot/loader.conf, and the card will work out of the box. No need to manually and interactively install a driver. :-) The player command is something like % mplayer tv://1 -vo x11 -ao sdl -tv driver=bsdbt848:device=/dev/bktr0 and similarly mencoder can be used (-ovc and -oac need to be adjusted accordingly) to encode to a file. I'm not sure how to handle TV (antenna) input as I've always been using a raw video feed (from VTR or camera). However, there's documentation that may help: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/tv-input.html It also contains an example to record to file, which will implement the software video tape recoder functionality. Brooktrees would be nice - if you could find them. Given the move to DVB is nearly over, there aren't many analog cards available - or need for them. The new cards use incompatible chipsets (learnt the hard way), including analog and especially DVB; you have to use the cx88 port to use them. Or if you come across a different chipset ensure the card is USB based and use webcamd. Following all that, FBSD works beautifully as a HTPC. GAAWK! This is far, far out of my comfort zone thst i wsill just skip it for now. i have my feed from my local telco, not an antenna thanks for all the datapoints, guys, but i can vedry well live without the card. gary Sorry Gary; It wasn't entirely for your sake that this came up. For your instance I'd suggest becoming very familiar with mplayer/mencoder and friends. You can then pick up the stream and re-encode to your liking. There are some addons in web browser that can help grab the video as well. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:30:08 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 02:58:30PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:58:30 +1000 From: Da Rock freebsd-questi...@herveybayaustralia.com.au Subject: Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org On 03/14/12 13:09, Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:19:46 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: i have heard about the 848 or whatever cards for years. should i have my sister's technician add one? i understood everything but your last paragraph. please do send me the linksoffline i f you think it wise to spare the bandwidth. Just to make a note: This is the card I'm using. The model name is Haupauge WinTV and the tuner chip is Brooktree 878. It is well supported by FreeBSD (and has been for many years). A problem may be that it is a PCI card. The programs mplayer and mencoder can be used to address the tuner and video-in functions of that card, as well as displaying and storing the received content. You need a HF line to the card (or an antenna maybe), except you provide the video feed from a satelite receiver via video-in. In that case, you also need to provide the audio signal from the receiver to your sound card's line-in. With mencoder, both sources can be combined and the result can be stored as a video file in any format and container you want. This is the card: bktr0@pci0:0:9:0: class=0x04 card=0x13eb0070 chip=0x036e109e rev=0x11 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Conexant (Was: Brooktree Corp)' device = 'Bt878/Fusion 878A Mediastream Controller' class = multimedia subclass = video The card provides HF-in both for TV and radio, video-in, audio-out and... not sure what it is. :-) You need the kernel modules loaded per bktr_load=YES in /boot/loader.conf, and the card will work out of the box. No need to manually and interactively install a driver. :-) The player command is something like % mplayer tv://1 -vo x11 -ao sdl -tv driver=bsdbt848:device=/dev/bktr0 and similarly mencoder can be used (-ovc and -oac need to be adjusted accordingly) to encode to a file. I'm not sure how to handle TV (antenna) input as I've always been using a raw video feed (from VTR or camera). However, there's documentation that may help: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/tv-input.html It also contains an example to record to file, which will implement the software video tape recoder functionality. Brooktrees would be nice - if you could find them. Given the move to DVB is nearly over, there aren't many analog cards available - or need for them. The new cards use incompatible chipsets (learnt the hard way), including analog and especially DVB; you have to use the cx88 port to use them. Or if you come across a different chipset ensure the card is USB based and use webcamd. Following all that, FBSD works beautifully as a HTPC. GAAWK! This is far, far out of my comfort zone thst i wsill just skip it for now. i have my feed from my local telco, not an antenna The BrookTree TV tuner component doesn't make a big difference here. Both the antenna and the cable will deliver a frequency conglomerate of the available TV programs which the tuner chip can select from. If you require a specific cable receiver with video-out, you can send its signal to the card's video-on (and the audio-out of the receiver to your computer's sound card's line-in), skipping the part where the TV card has to select a TV program. Both methods work fine. thanks for all the datapoints, guys, but i can vedry well live without the card. In that case, try to find a web presence that allows you to down- load or to stream (and in conclusion, to download) the TV programs. This makes you independent of airing time (which probably is a good thing). Maybe there's also a service like OnlineTVRecorder.com (Your personal multichannel tv recorder) available for you, providing downloads for the programs you want in AVI or OTRKEY format. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
doesn't VLC do that too? On 11 mrt 2012, at 21:28, Gary Kline wrote: guys, i made the mistake that conrad did when replying. i could make e excuse liked only getting five hours sleep, etc, bujt i wont. here us a FBSD qauestion how can i capture any tv stream---or radio stream for later replay? or is that illegal, too? gray -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Voice By Computer (for Universal Access): http:/www.thought.org/vbc The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
Bernt Hansson schreef op 13-03-2012 12:12: On 2012-03-11 21:28, Gary Kline wrote: or is that illegal, too? Depends on jurisdiction. Indeed, Dutch and Belgium legislation, for example, permit making copies for personal use, which originates from recording the radio with a tape deck, which is basically what you are trying to do. I think US legislation is more strict and only allows personal copies where one has both the original and the copy, e.g. copying a CD to your (licensed) MP3 player. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 03:52:36PM -0500, Joshua Isom wrote: Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:52:36 -0500 From: Joshua Isom jri...@gmail.com Subject: Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org On 3/11/2012 3:28 PM, Gary Kline wrote: guys, i made the mistake that conrad did when replying. i could make e excuse liked only getting five hours sleep, etc, bujt i wont. here us a FBSD qauestion how can i capture any tv stream---or radio stream for later replay? or is that illegal, too? gray For capturing, I believe linux is your best bet. I had tried using the bktr driver, but I couldn't get it to work properly with the card I had. It could work somewhat from what I remember. The card was my brother's and he used it under linux, but he upgraded to a better one. Legality should be the same as a VCR/DVR, personal use only and don't redistribute. if it means buying a card, then, nope. i assumed that the bits were streaming thu my cable to firefox and that thedre was some program that could collecte these data and stash them in, say , /tmp. i'm using linux as a desktop, and FBSD as my server. maybed i'll find where pbs has these films stashed ... or maybe they were only for pledge week gary ps:: fwiw, that capmbell stuff was about half of the original. i've got all 6 hours of audio, tho. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Voice By Computer (for Universal Access): http:/www.thought.org/vbc The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:39:38PM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:39:38 +1000
From: Da Rock freebsd-questi...@herveybayaustralia.com.au
Subject: Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
[ ...]
Additionally, there may be an option to download some kind of media
streams. There are tools for that available.
There is cx88 in the ports which will cover a lot of pci devices, and
webcamd covers just about all the rest. Then use mplayer or another
tool to record the stream.
And if you're real tricky you can set it to record at a specific time
and shut off at another specified time... :) I wrote a script for
this; a bit hackish, but it gets the job done. I have to clean it up
someday when I have the spare time.
No one suggesting MythTV? I haven't used a tuner card but I thought
MythTV was the one to use.
Pah! Too much bloat - especially for this use.
A lot of setup and configuration is required, and for a one off why bother?
so that's it. i messed around with mythtv last fall on my
ubuntu distro. couldn't get anywhere and finally realized
that =you need some kind of HARDWARE=. well, bleep that. i
de-installed and got back to whatever.
sinced early december i've been working on an accessibility
app for the speech impaired. it won't work on the berkeley
distros natively. it should given our linux stuff. i'll
tell you: i haven't have this much of a challenge since i
was studying data structures. Danm, gtk is hard. but
super fun. my application is as lean as i can make it,
Especially since it is aimed an people who have never used
computers before. i'm copying as much of gespeaker's
layout as i can because that is very lean and clean.
---this is a long-winded way of saying to da rock that i
hope you clean up your script[s] and publish the code in
/usr/ports.
{a final rant about copyright:: i woulnd never touch any
commercial station because they sneak in those bloody
commerc*als on you. before you know it, you've watched
a minute of babes trying to sell you your Zippy-Do sports
van. i dont have the energy to get mad. i just dont watch
anything but pbs or npr.}
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Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
On 3/13/12 4:06 PM, Gary Kline wrote: On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:39:38PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: so that's it. i messed around with mythtv last fall on my ubuntu distro. couldn't get anywhere and finally realized that =you need some kind of HARDWARE=. I have an HDHomeRun...The original classic two-tuner model, from http://www.silicondust.com. It's a stand-alone DTV streamer. I use it with an antenna; apparently you can get versions that work with antennas or cablecard/cable TV as well. Works great. I use it with Windows Media Center for scheduling recordings, but they work great with MythTV, VLC and others for recording. Using VLC, I've recorded some videos of a local band on a morning show that have ended up on YouTube...I can send links if you want to see how it looks, although that station only broadcasts in 480i. For what it's worth, I've successfully used three BT848/878/878+ cards---all of which were PixelView or STB cards---in the same machine running FreeBSD with the bktr driver and Motion to handle surveillance-camera duties. mplayer/mencoder could only use bktr0 cause they hard-code bktr0 in the source and seemed thoroughly uninterested in fixing this oversight, even though the change would be fairly minor. Hope that helps someone. Cheers, Josh -- Josh Tolbert h...@puresimplicity.net || http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. -- Helen Keller ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 04:14:52PM -0500, Josh Tolbert wrote: Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:14:52 -0500 From: Josh Tolbert h...@puresimplicity.net Subject: Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org On 3/13/12 4:06 PM, Gary Kline wrote: On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:39:38PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: so that's it. i messed around with mythtv last fall on my ubuntu distro. couldn't get anywhere and finally realized that =you need some kind of HARDWARE=. I have an HDHomeRun...The original classic two-tuner model, from http://www.silicondust.com. It's a stand-alone DTV streamer. I use it with an antenna; apparently you can get versions that work with antennas or cablecard/cable TV as well. Works great. I use it with Windows Media Center for scheduling recordings, but they work great with MythTV, VLC and others for recording. Using VLC, I've recorded some videos of a local band on a morning show that have ended up on YouTube...I can send links if you want to see how it looks, although that station only broadcasts in 480i. For what it's worth, I've successfully used three BT848/878/878+ cards---all of which were PixelView or STB cards---in the same machine running FreeBSD with the bktr driver and Motion to handle surveillance-camera duties. mplayer/mencoder could only use bktr0 cause they hard-code bktr0 in the source and seemed thoroughly uninterested in fixing this oversight, even though the change would be fairly minor. Hope that helps someone. hey, josh, you just gave me an idea. my sister is giving me a used computer that is in good shape. i have heard about the 848 or whatever cards for years. should i have my sister's technician add one? i understood everything but your last paragraph. please do send me the linksoffline i f you think it wise to spare the bandwidth. Q: i have [i think] hi-def in the used computer, so want a hi-def card yours in geezer-geeekdom, gary PS: i was a kernel hacker, a porter, and an OS TEster. pix, tv, [movies], audio are strictly over my head. Cheers, Josh -- Josh Tolbert h...@puresimplicity.net || http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. -- Helen Keller ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Voice By Computer (for Universal Access): http:/www.thought.org/vbc The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:02:24 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: if it means buying a card, then, nope. i assumed that the bits were streaming thu my cable to firefox and that thedre was some program that could collecte these data and stash them in, say , /tmp. i'm using linux as a desktop, and FBSD as my server. There are download helper plugins available for Firefox that allow you to capture streaming content to a file. maybed i'll find where pbs has these films stashed ... or maybe they were only for pledge week Regular file downloads are something you'll hardly find on the modern web. But that doesn't mean you cannot turn streams into files. After all, the data _is_ trans- ferred to your computer. It's just a question to use the proper program. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:19:46 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: i have heard about the 848 or whatever cards for years. should i have my sister's technician add one? i understood everything but your last paragraph. please do send me the linksoffline i f you think it wise to spare the bandwidth. Just to make a note: This is the card I'm using. The model name is Haupauge WinTV and the tuner chip is Brooktree 878. It is well supported by FreeBSD (and has been for many years). A problem may be that it is a PCI card. The programs mplayer and mencoder can be used to address the tuner and video-in functions of that card, as well as displaying and storing the received content. You need a HF line to the card (or an antenna maybe), except you provide the video feed from a satelite receiver via video-in. In that case, you also need to provide the audio signal from the receiver to your sound card's line-in. With mencoder, both sources can be combined and the result can be stored as a video file in any format and container you want. This is the card: bktr0@pci0:0:9:0: class=0x04 card=0x13eb0070 chip=0x036e109e rev=0x11 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Conexant (Was: Brooktree Corp)' device = 'Bt878/Fusion 878A Mediastream Controller' class = multimedia subclass = video The card provides HF-in both for TV and radio, video-in, audio-out and... not sure what it is. :-) You need the kernel modules loaded per bktr_load=YES in /boot/loader.conf, and the card will work out of the box. No need to manually and interactively install a driver. :-) The player command is something like % mplayer tv://1 -vo x11 -ao sdl -tv driver=bsdbt848:device=/dev/bktr0 and similarly mencoder can be used (-ovc and -oac need to be adjusted accordingly) to encode to a file. I'm not sure how to handle TV (antenna) input as I've always been using a raw video feed (from VTR or camera). However, there's documentation that may help: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/tv-input.html It also contains an example to record to file, which will implement the software video tape recoder functionality. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
On 03/14/12 13:09, Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:19:46 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: i have heard about the 848 or whatever cards for years. should i have my sister's technician add one? i understood everything but your last paragraph. please do send me the linksoffline i f you think it wise to spare the bandwidth. Just to make a note: This is the card I'm using. The model name is Haupauge WinTV and the tuner chip is Brooktree 878. It is well supported by FreeBSD (and has been for many years). A problem may be that it is a PCI card. The programs mplayer and mencoder can be used to address the tuner and video-in functions of that card, as well as displaying and storing the received content. You need a HF line to the card (or an antenna maybe), except you provide the video feed from a satelite receiver via video-in. In that case, you also need to provide the audio signal from the receiver to your sound card's line-in. With mencoder, both sources can be combined and the result can be stored as a video file in any format and container you want. This is the card: bktr0@pci0:0:9:0: class=0x04 card=0x13eb0070 chip=0x036e109e rev=0x11 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Conexant (Was: Brooktree Corp)' device = 'Bt878/Fusion 878A Mediastream Controller' class = multimedia subclass = video The card provides HF-in both for TV and radio, video-in, audio-out and... not sure what it is. :-) You need the kernel modules loaded per bktr_load=YES in /boot/loader.conf, and the card will work out of the box. No need to manually and interactively install a driver. :-) The player command is something like % mplayer tv://1 -vo x11 -ao sdl -tv driver=bsdbt848:device=/dev/bktr0 and similarly mencoder can be used (-ovc and -oac need to be adjusted accordingly) to encode to a file. I'm not sure how to handle TV (antenna) input as I've always been using a raw video feed (from VTR or camera). However, there's documentation that may help: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/tv-input.html It also contains an example to record to file, which will implement the software video tape recoder functionality. Brooktrees would be nice - if you could find them. Given the move to DVB is nearly over, there aren't many analog cards available - or need for them. The new cards use incompatible chipsets (learnt the hard way), including analog and especially DVB; you have to use the cx88 port to use them. Or if you come across a different chipset ensure the card is USB based and use webcamd. Following all that, FBSD works beautifully as a HTPC. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
On 12/03/2012 10:16, Da Rock wrote: On 03/12/12 07:19, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:28:19 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: here us a FBSD qauestion how can i capture any tv stream---or radio stream for later replay? I've been using a BrookTree (Haupauge WinTV) PCI card for capturing from TV which worked very good using the standard programs mplayer and mencoder. For capturing TV programs, there may be some service like the Online TV Recoder which I occassionally use. Maybe this works also for radio programs? Additionally, there may be an option to download some kind of media streams. There are tools for that available. There is cx88 in the ports which will cover a lot of pci devices, and webcamd covers just about all the rest. Then use mplayer or another tool to record the stream. And if you're real tricky you can set it to record at a specific time and shut off at another specified time... :) I wrote a script for this; a bit hackish, but it gets the job done. I have to clean it up someday when I have the spare time. No one suggesting MythTV? I haven't used a tuner card but I thought MythTV was the one to use. -- Shane Ambler FreeBSD (at) ShaneWare (dot) Biz http://ShaneWare.Biz ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
On 03/13/12 12:27, Shane Ambler wrote: On 12/03/2012 10:16, Da Rock wrote: On 03/12/12 07:19, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:28:19 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: here us a FBSD qauestion how can i capture any tv stream---or radio stream for later replay? I've been using a BrookTree (Haupauge WinTV) PCI card for capturing from TV which worked very good using the standard programs mplayer and mencoder. For capturing TV programs, there may be some service like the Online TV Recoder which I occassionally use. Maybe this works also for radio programs? Additionally, there may be an option to download some kind of media streams. There are tools for that available. There is cx88 in the ports which will cover a lot of pci devices, and webcamd covers just about all the rest. Then use mplayer or another tool to record the stream. And if you're real tricky you can set it to record at a specific time and shut off at another specified time... :) I wrote a script for this; a bit hackish, but it gets the job done. I have to clean it up someday when I have the spare time. No one suggesting MythTV? I haven't used a tuner card but I thought MythTV was the one to use. Pah! Too much bloat - especially for this use. A lot of setup and configuration is required, and for a one off why bother? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
On 3/11/2012 3:28 PM, Gary Kline wrote: guys, i made the mistake that conrad did when replying. i could make e excuse liked only getting five hours sleep, etc, bujt i wont. here us a FBSD qauestion how can i capture any tv stream---or radio stream for later replay? or is that illegal, too? gray For capturing, I believe linux is your best bet. I had tried using the bktr driver, but I couldn't get it to work properly with the card I had. It could work somewhat from what I remember. The card was my brother's and he used it under linux, but he upgraded to a better one. Legality should be the same as a VCR/DVR, personal use only and don't redistribute. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
Gary Kline wrote: guys, i made the mistake that conrad did when replying. i could make e excuse liked only getting five hours sleep, etc, bujt i wont. here us a FBSD qauestion how can i capture any tv stream---or radio stream for later replay? or is that illegal, too? gray Aloha, Most Public Radio stations have the programs in podcast form from their websites. I have had TV stations send me dvd's of broadcasts that my Wife has been on here in Hawaii. I think asking the media will get you results. Many of us on the FreeBSD questions list seem to have writing backgrounds and are interested in Joseph Campbell and his developments in writing and storytelling audio and video process. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + email: n...@hdk5.net All that's really worth doing is what we do for others.- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:28:19 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: here us a FBSD qauestion how can i capture any tv stream---or radio stream for later replay? I've been using a BrookTree (Haupauge WinTV) PCI card for capturing from TV which worked very good using the standard programs mplayer and mencoder. For capturing TV programs, there may be some service like the Online TV Recoder which I occassionally use. Maybe this works also for radio programs? Additionally, there may be an option to download some kind of media streams. There are tools for that available. or is that illegal, too? Yes, it is. It's also illegal to listen to MP3 in the US. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
On 03/12/12 07:19, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:28:19 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: here us a FBSD qauestion how can i capture any tv stream---or radio stream for later replay? I've been using a BrookTree (Haupauge WinTV) PCI card for capturing from TV which worked very good using the standard programs mplayer and mencoder. For capturing TV programs, there may be some service like the Online TV Recoder which I occassionally use. Maybe this works also for radio programs? Additionally, there may be an option to download some kind of media streams. There are tools for that available. There is cx88 in the ports which will cover a lot of pci devices, and webcamd covers just about all the rest. Then use mplayer or another tool to record the stream. And if you're real tricky you can set it to record at a specific time and shut off at another specified time... :) I wrote a script for this; a bit hackish, but it gets the job done. I have to clean it up someday when I have the spare time. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
