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Subject: Re: how to turn my computer into a TV
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user.vdr writes:
>>>>> Tuners do NOT provide raw audio/video to the system in any case.
>>>>
>>>> http://corona.homeunix.net/cx88wiki/Overview/RawVideo
>>>
>>> While that's technically possible in _some_ cases, and assuming it's
>>> fully implemented and functional, I'm unaware of any software that
>>> actually provides raw data to the user. I suppose I should have worded
>>> my point differently.
>>
>> The cx88wiki URL above describes the cx88 software (in ports).
>> For tuners without a hardware encoder, raw video/audio is the only
>> thing you can get from the tuner when receiving NTSC.
>
> Nope.

Prove me wrong.  Post the command line to have cx88 (in ports) output
encoded (mpeg or similar) video with a pcHDTV HD3000 tuner card
receiving a NTSC input.

Since you claim that the cx88 output is already encoded, piping the
output into mplayer or similar to do the encoding doesn't count.