From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 25 23:41:17 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 280341065673 for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:41:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dieterbsd@engineer.com) Received: from imr-db01.mx.aol.com (imr-db01.mx.aol.com [205.188.91.95]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB5D28FC08 for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:41:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from imo-ma04.mx.aol.com (imo-ma04.mx.aol.com [64.12.78.139]) by imr-db01.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id oBPNV07b003419 for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:31:00 -0500 Received: from dieterbsd@engineer.com by imo-ma04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.9.) id n.c14.8baf979f (37530) for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:30:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtprly-me02.mx.aol.com (smtprly-me02.mx.aol.com [64.12.95.103]) by cia-mb01.mx.aol.com (v129.7) with ESMTP id MAILCIAMB013-b2c74d167eaede; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:30:55 -0500 Received: from web-mmc-m05 (web-mmc-m05.sim.aol.com [64.12.224.138]) by smtprly-me02.mx.aol.com (v129.5) with ESMTP id MAILSMTPRLYME023-b2c74d167eaede; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:30:54 -0500 To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:30:54 -0500 X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI X-AOL-IP: 67.206.163.150 X-MB-Message-Type: User MIME-Version: 1.0 From: dieterbsd@engineer.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: Mail.com Webmail 33069-STANDARD Received: from 67.206.163.150 by web-mmc-m05.sysops.aol.com (64.12.224.138) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:30:54 -0500 Message-Id: <8CD72A2E8E2D0F6-B84-15C61@web-mmc-m05.sysops.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag: NO X-AOL-SENDER: dieterbsd@engineer.com 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 23:41:17 -0000 > There's this guy under Linux, don't know about FreeBSD for it: > http://pchdtv.com/ HD-5500 The cx88 driver supports the HD-5500. I have the older HD-3000 card and the cx88 driver is better than the linux driver. http://corona.homeunix.net/cx88wiki/Overview/SupportedCards These require a slot per tuner, and PCI slots are going away. The HDHomerun doesn't need a slot or a device driver. It provides better info than most tuners. However word is that some other tuners get better reception. And it doesn't do analog TV or FM. > 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. When recording ATSC-TS you can save disk space by filtering out the PIDs you don't need. I usually only save 2 PIDs (1 video, 1 audio). Some=20 tuners can filter PIDs for you, or you can do it after recording. What do you mean by "if the MPEG2 wasn't good"? Transcoding to a=20 different lossy format will lose quality. IIRC there are lossless formats out=20 there but I haven't tried them.