Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:06:35 -0800 From: "Kevin Downey" <redchin@gmail.com> To: "Kevin Downey" <redchin@gmail.com>, multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FusionHDTV 5 RT requirements Message-ID: <1d3ed48c0811101106h5e2c52ear2fa5931b202e4c3f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081110185343.GJ51033@funkthat.com> References: <1d3ed48c0811101001r3f50c4dcwa4e7c4c1707e6ecc@mail.gmail.com> <20081110185343.GJ51033@funkthat.com>
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:53 AM, John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> wrote:
> Kevin Downey wrote this message on Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:01 -0800:
>> I am thinking of getting a FusionHDTV 5 RT tuner, but I am worried
>> about my current video recording box.
>> (dmesg bits)
>>
>> CPU: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2500+ (1399.85-MHz K8-class CPU)
>> usable memory = 527552512 (503 MB)
>>
>> what kind of machines are people using to do capture with these cards?
>
> I'd just get an HDHomeRun instead. You get dual tuners, and a company
> that supports their products on other OS's like FreeBSD. I'm thinking
> of picking up a seconds one and getting rid of my two FusionHDTV 5 Lite
> cards... Though it you still want analog, the HDHomeRun doesn't support
> it, only ATSC (aka 8vsb) or QAM digital broadcasts...
>
> With my FusionHDTV 5 Lite cards, if I did a record and sent out a stream
> via the em ethernet card on the same PCI bus, I would get bus overruns,
> causing video corruptions... Not a good card if you can't even put
> 5MB/sec on the bus w/o issues...
>
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Wow, I had never heard of the HDHomeRun. It looks like a really nice device.
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