On 05/20/11 23:11, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 05/20/2011 11:12 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: >> JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> What do you think of this hauppague gizmo? >>> >>> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4146200 >> I have the HD-PVR and use it on Fedora 14 with VLC (high-def TV in a >> window! Watching AMCHD at the moment :). Capturing streaming video to >> disk is as simple as this: >> >> $ cat /dev/video0> ~/Video/capture.m4ts > When capturing HD, all it needs to do is move the MPEG-4 TS from the > coax to the disk. HD is that simple to record (its much more complex to > *play* it!). Analog is a different beast. It needs to be converted to > digital in order to store it directly to the hard drive. Without a > hardware endcoder on the card (or in the box), it consumes CPU cycles. > Does the HD-PVR have an analog MPEG encoder? I know the PVR cards do. > I don't know about this box. > What I am not sure of is this: What is the physical connection from the HD-PVR box to the computer? If you do not have a graphics card that accepts video input, (such as a laptop), is this box useful in this situation? Perhaps the PVR has a usb output also? If so, how would I use that to capture video from the PVR? >> (then you hit "play" on the vcr, wait, hit Ctrl-C on the above :) >> >> The only catch is it doesn't seem to like working with 5.1 sound (VLC, >> not the HDPVR). Mine is hooked up to stereo inputs instead. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
