From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 7 12:06:46 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-multimedia@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-multimedia@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59DC416A41F for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 12:06:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from sohara.org (sohara.org [192.220.64.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 744AC43D82 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 12:06:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: (qmail 61651 invoked by uid 16563); 7 Dec 2005 12:06:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO df1.marelmo.com) ([159.134.157.249]) (envelope-sender ) by 192.220.64.179 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 7 Dec 2005 12:06:30 -0000 Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 12:03:45 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira Message-Id: <20051207120345.0d4ed93d.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20051206154440.61804.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> References: <20051206154440.61804.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.3 (GTK+ 2.8.6; i386-pc-dragonfly1) X-Face: %]+HVL}K`P8>+8ZcY-WGHP6j@&mxMo9JH6_WdgIgUGH)JX/usO0%jy7T~IVgqjumD^OBqX, Kv^-GM6mlw(fI^$"QRKyZ$?xx/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD-multimedia@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Buying a TV Capture card (pinnacle, hauppauge: wincast, pvr, etc) X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:06:46 -0000 On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:44:18 -0200 Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote: > Hi, > > I am considering acquiring a tv capture card in order to > build a personal PVR system. Besides helping me test the video > capture support of some ports I maintain. I've been quite happy with my Pinnacle/Miro cards (PCTV) but it is getting hard to find one that is actually bktr based now and the newer ones that are tend to have an MT2050 tuner which I have been completely unable to make work properly (for S-Video this doesn't matter of course). -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirror Arrays The computer obeys and wins. | A better way to focus the sun You lose and Bill collects. | licences available see | http://www.sohara.org/