From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 25 16:37:42 2010 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 2CA9B106564A for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:37:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayasaman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3D778FC17 for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:37:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so1605110bwz.13 for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 08:37:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=99zloybQ9h3+/JXLgTZamZ++/wciGs03ozgfhf5ygwM=; b=XO7RMRwVlnnAxI6+TUbdU2xA+iy0vwOisPCqcYtsFsKSykEkTp2zCbuCYUvgogZDZ5 JjqVXroFC1qRGll76o1cKUzEotiqJxoMQrrJIYvsmtmD0T9GmJNLjtiHAVh9HdOaE05P vgjWLB06YtbdMFTY+WG1hdyWFGHDe22vVWIlk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=T5uH7jGPvJro22XrXXRhMXOCFnfh1QuewKOIMnr29W30SmVL1GrR81gICCvxdeKmnD Di0RZj0ghjcBgtRgN52GbaB+SmDdlUBmIMdrNjV1+eBZYKcMWLn+kDJs2VvN4pkv6RT7 QgBOt68sgGShD90WeONLkuz8EqRudXWt9x8uw= Received: by 10.204.59.76 with SMTP id k12mr9084632bkh.70.1293295058957; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 08:37:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.16.0.66] ([78.189.216.140]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p22sm6667184bkp.9.2010.12.25.08.37.32 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 25 Dec 2010 08:37:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D161D9C.6030100@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:36:44 +0200 From: Kaya Saman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grarpamp References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD support for modern TV tuners? 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: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:37:42 -0000 Thanks for the response! :-) See below: On 12/25/2010 10:39 AM, grarpamp wrote: > Hope no one minds the slight change of subject line > as it really comes down to drivers. Then you can plop > MythTV, etc on top. > > If you know of more support / work on HD, please add it :) > > All the current Hauppauge US boards are here. No idea about > PAL, other than some chips include that as a bonus. > http://hauppauge.com/site/products/prods_hvr_internal.html > > No idea about other manufacturers. > > Here's the only FreeBSD CX88 drivers/projects I've found: > http://corona.homeunix.net/cx88wiki > > I've not yet found anyone in FreeBSD land working on the > HVR-2250 / SAA7164 / NXP NGene: > http://www.tridentmicro.com/producttree/tv/pc-tv/saa/saa7164/ > > There's this guy under Linux, don't know about FreeBSD for it: > http://pchdtv.com/ HD-5500 > > Here's some Linux drivers/projects to contact/port if need be: > http://kernellabs.com/hg > http://www.steventoth.net/blog/products/hvr-2250/ > > Some related FreeBSD items: > http://www.selasky.org/hans_petter/video4bsd/ > http://video4bsd.sourceforge.net/ Fritz Katz, frtzkatz at yahoo > http://wiki.freebsd.org/HDTV > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.1R/hardware.html > > Lastly, would a HVR-2250 as bounty help? > If the card is supported under FreeBSD then I would be much inclined to go for it! I mean does it have FM radio and DAB capabilities too?? I checked the site for it: http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hvr2250.html It says it's got FM tuner but DAB?? Is that streamed over DVB-T?? As in for North America ATSC or UK would be FreeView? > >> talking about 12-16TB once I convert from DVD and CD. >> > Yes, ZFS. If it's in budget, try to duplicate it on another box at > a friends house. Losing all that effort to one human/software error > sucks. Even a crappy powered down raidz1 in a hole would do. > > For me, I need ATSC first, then ripping of YC/Composite + LR audio > from legacy (LaserDisc) sources at>= DVD quality, then QAM. > > Are Hauppauge's build in MPEG2 encoders (+LR audio) of enough quality > and bitrate to equal DVD (and CD-DA)? > > Would also like to play with ripping the full bandwidth raw ATSC-TS > from the air and transcoding that if the MPEG2 wasn't good. > I was planning my own backup server at home since I'm going to be creating a little server farm. Was going to go for using an industrial board computer with dual Xeons for this task and linking it to an Enhance Technology R4MS JBOD: http://www.enhance-tech.com/products/diskarrays/R4_MS_inter.html System Board: http://www.portwell.nl/products/ROBO-8921VG2R_uk.html Chassis: http://www.portwell.nl/products/AREMO-2173E_uk.html which I can increment at any time using an LSI HBA 8 port Mini-SAS host bus adapter card. For primary storage and multimedia this box would be the one. The backup would be similar just without the same power as won't have so many extra services running on it!! " try to duplicate it on another box at a friends house. " :-) It would be cool if more people in the country I lived in new about ZFS!!! Actually as it's primarily a Windows only base no one would run any UNIX system at home as they aren't very interested in it. Believe me I've tried!! I even created an OpenSolaris User Group out here which went belly-up after even my friends deserted me on the topic since they had no time for it and no money to buy equipment or the understanding as they did with MS....... Saaaad but true if not completely off topic. :-P Anyway, regards --K