Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:53:43 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> To: Kevin Downey <redchin@gmail.com> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FusionHDTV 5 RT requirements Message-ID: <20081110185343.GJ51033@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <1d3ed48c0811101001r3f50c4dcwa4e7c4c1707e6ecc@mail.gmail.com> References: <1d3ed48c0811101001r3f50c4dcwa4e7c4c1707e6ecc@mail.gmail.com>
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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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