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Date:      Mon, 21 Apr 1997 10:40:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com>
To:        ponds!hda.com!dufault, ponds!rah.star-gate.com!hasty
Cc:        ponds!freebsd.org!hackers, ponds!atrad.adelaide.edu.au!msmith
Subject:   Re: video capture driver interface to file system?
Message-ID:  <199704211440.KAA01925@lakes.water.net>

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> Yes the Bt848 is capable of DMAing to any place in memory or to any 
> PCI target device. For instance, we can capture video to system
> memory or we can dma straight into the video display's frame buffer
> without any cpu intervention. I use the latter to watch TV in my system.
> On a good monitor it matches the quality of a reqular TV.

 Wow!  I would really like to do that.  I'm sure you've related
that details (hardware, etc...) on the multimedia mailing list; could
you send a note here?  Sorta a "how to watch TV under FreeBSD?"
That way, I can get my X-files fix and still pursue my FreeBSD problems :-)

	  - Thanks -
	- Dave Rivers -



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