From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 23 23:53:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 289F3106566B for ; Fri, 23 May 2008 23:53:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frtzkatz@yahoo.com) Received: from web63013.mail.re1.yahoo.com (web63013.mail.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.96.240]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C83B58FC12 for ; Fri, 23 May 2008 23:53:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frtzkatz@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 25427 invoked by uid 60001); 23 May 2008 23:53:07 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=mAKvNlbi5rWc2BZtcWUzUjZ7Fg68GDrsat5oF8qo/heWrPlrPthO6JqRGJoQKIpSncAKcZo64xf8hlyWkfasdD4xBpqveuMzrWBGQwScHKh0VuUurda/uKlXhKlq/r8l74W+kiISUJ6zK8mKjtuo3lFafJBvszwnTmRiM6IBsLk=; X-YMail-OSG: iCR_5NkVM1k1_ewLrBddNtnOI9h27lqSUn7Nw091YdrQz1MZKLjSdNOVlJKGdbTH1m0GLb2rpd5CtI9NpoEMZTom9imWGcj3GtAl7JVMrCZGaMh623ZqyQ_LMIQ- Received: from [64.81.255.2] by web63013.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 23 May 2008 16:53:07 PDT Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 16:53:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Fritz Katz To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <142121.24995.qm@web63013.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: TV-Tuner cards ( NTSC / PAL / SECAM ) - which works best? 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: Fri, 23 May 2008 23:53:08 -0000 --- Fritz Katz [Thu, 22 May 2008 13:31:07 -0700 (PDT) ] > > Is there a TV-Tuner card (that works under > FreeBSD!) which can tune to RF-input with any > of the world's TV standards? > -------------------------------------------------- --- Dieter [ Thu, 22 May 2008 19:29:54 +0100 ] --- > NTSC, PAL, & SECAM aren't enough. You need to add > the digital ATSC/8VSB and DVB-T/COFDM to your list. > > Some chips handle all 3 analog formats, but I don't > know of any demodulator chips that do both > ATSC/8VSB and DVB-T/COFDM. Yes, digital formats are a must-have. I'll add it to to the matrix. ------------------------------------------------------ --- Aragon Gouveia [ Thu, 22 May 2008 23:48:58 +0200 ] > Very happy with my Hauppauge PVR-350. I have > the Euro version so running PAL. It supposedly > supports all the PAL and SECAM variants, altho > I've only used it with PAL signals. I've heard good things about Hauppauge too. However there are two different models: model 00990: WinTV-PVR-350 with NTSC tuner model 00993: WinTV-PVR-350 with PAL/SECAM tuner http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr350.html ------------------------------------------------------ --- Richard Bown [ Thu, 22 May 2008 22:39:15 +0100 ] > If I could remember the exact spelling, but > something like Hauppage produce a good selection > of PCI &,USBTV cards/sticks, the analogue > connexant drivers are fairly mature.. They might be a little 'too mature'. I've heard that Brooktree parts can no longer be obtained in large quantities and are being phased out (can anyone else confirm?) This maybe a concern for FreeBSD and Linux TV since so many cards depend on the Brooktree (bktr) video capture driver. Conexant is the remnants of what was Brooktree. On 29 April 2008, Conexant's Broadband Media Processing unit, was acquired by NXP Semiconductors (a Philips company). ------------------------------------------------------ --- Danny Pansters [ Fri, 23 May 2008 01:17:04 +0200 ] > Can you try kbtv2 (http://freebsd.ricin.com/kbtv2)? > It likely gives the same result, because this > tuner is > unknown to me but kbtv2 is what you should test > against (kbtv1 is not developed anymore). Try MK3 tuner. Hi Danny, I sent you a screen-shot of NTSC composite input to KBTV2 in a separate email. Looks great. No luck on the tuner though. I expect it'll take some work to get it to work correctly. ------------------------------------------------------ My task is to put together a system that can ship world-wide, be able to display any TV signal, and have all the capabilites that FreeBSD can provide (internet, graphics, games). Potential applications are huge. For example, running JAVA the system could be used to build a low-cost Cable (OCAP in the US or DVB in Europe) or satellite (DirecTV, DISH, etc) Set-top box. We just need to find which of these manufacturers can deliver a robust "Combo / Hybrid" tuner under FreeBSD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_tuner#Manufacturers