From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 10 19:16:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DBD51065672 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:16:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (gate.funkthat.com [69.17.45.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6464D8FC0A for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:16:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (4y7q756zk1irr0zy@localhost.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.13.6/8.13.3) with ESMTP id mAAIrhHa014393; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:53:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.13.6/8.13.3/Submit) id mAAIrhhA014392; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:53:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:53:43 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Kevin Downey Message-ID: <20081110185343.GJ51033@funkthat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Kevin Downey , multimedia@freebsd.org References: <1d3ed48c0811101001r3f50c4dcwa4e7c4c1707e6ecc@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1d3ed48c0811101001r3f50c4dcwa4e7c4c1707e6ecc@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p6 i386 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (hydrogen.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:53:43 -0800 (PST) Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FusionHDTV 5 RT requirements 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: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:16:44 -0000 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... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."