From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 13 20:02:31 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D093106564A for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:02:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B6008FC0A for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:02:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9DB2FE8093F; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:02:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:02:24 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Joshua Isom Message-ID: <20120313200224.GA10311@thought.org> References: <20120311202816.GA7754@thought.org> <4F5D1094.2080504@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F5D1094.2080504@gmail.com> Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 25 years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:02:31 -0000 On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 03:52:36PM -0500, Joshua Isom wrote: > Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:52:36 -0500 > From: Joshua Isom > Subject: Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream? > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > On 3/11/2012 3:28 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > >guys, > > > >i made the mistake that conrad did when replying. i could make e > >excuse liked only getting five hours sleep, etc, bujt i wont. > > > >here us a FBSD qauestion.... how can i capture any tv stream---or > >radio stream for later replay? or is that illegal, too? > > > >gray > > > > > > > > For capturing, I believe linux is your best bet. I had tried using > the bktr driver, but I couldn't get it to work properly with the > card I had. It could work somewhat from what I remember. The card > was my brother's and he used it under linux, but he upgraded to a > better one. > > Legality should be the same as a VCR/DVR, personal use only and > don't redistribute. if it means buying a card, then, nope. i assumed that the bits were streaming thu my cable to firefox and that thedre was some program that could collecte these data and stash them in, say , /tmp. i'm using linux as a desktop, and FBSD as my server. maybed i'll find where pbs has these films stashed ... or maybe they were only for "pledge week" gary ps:: fwiw, that capmbell stuff was about half of the original. i've got all 6 hours of audio, tho. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Voice By Computer (for Universal Access): http:/www.thought.org/vbc The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community.