I use the Hauppauge HD PVR, which captures HD from the cable box using component cables, then converts it to h.264 AVCHD in a .mpg container. I posted a local_conf example in the Freevo wiki, it's just a simple stream dump, since this is a hardware encoder. Component out from an SD box would work, albeit not HD. It is a bit expensive, Amazon has it for $204 U.S., it lists for $249. The beauty of this device is that it will record anything from your cable box, even premium movie channels and on-demand content.
----- Original Message ---- From: Pascal Schirrmann <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, October 11, 2009 7:17:49 AM Subject: [Freevo-users] Rebuilding again my freevobox... Hi, As usual (!), I'm (trying to) rebuild(ing) my freevobox. The trouble with my current freevobox is the temp : Outside tv TV closet, everything is OK, but at the normal place (at least in my wife feeling), the system receives simply not enough fresh air. The trouble is greatly related to the PVR-150 card, witch is a good heat generator ! So I'm trying to use an USB capture device. I don't need a TV tuner, as the box need to record also TV show from the cable decoder, so I can (and will probably) forget the tuner part, and better use an IR blaster to drive the decoder. For the IR Blaster, I think to use this one, recommended on mythtv wiki : http://www.commandir.com/content/view/19/31/ But I'm not able to find a non expansive video encoder, supported by Linux. I am pretty sure thet the Hauppauge PVR USB2 device would do the trick, but this one is not exactly non expensive ! At this time, I'm still searching an SD solution, our living room TV -and calbe decoder- is still a CRT model, but if a solution can be 'HD ready', it could be interresting. Also, the power is here to to a software encoding, but if I can havez a decent hardware encoding, I could also "slow down" the processor. What do you use, or know ? Thanks, Pascal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
