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HDTV PC Capture Solutions?

Posted by Cliff on

Akai asks: "With HDTV DVR's costing upwards of a thousand US dollars or more, I was looking for a HiDef capture card that would work with Linux and an external HD receiver. The pchdtv card looks nice but it's RF input only for HiDef content, and only supports OTA at this point. Both DirecTV and DishNetwork HD STBs can be hacked with FireWire ports, but it's not cheap, so I was trying to find a capture card with either DVI or Component inputs, or a converter to take either of those to FireWire. The old Dish Network model 5000 receivers had an option to output HDTV RF but they are no longer compatible with Dish's current HDTV broadcasts. Google has not been helpful in this regard, and all I've found is professional (>$2000US) format conversion gear. Is there a PC (hopefully Linux) based video capture solution that can capture the output of a cable of DBS STB (RGBA, DVI, or Component out) without a significant loss of image fidelity?"

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  1. One word by ObjetDart · · Score: 5, Funny

    BitTorrent. The world is my TiVo.

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    I read Usenet for the articles.
    1. Re:One word by Thud457 · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Real men don't do backups -- the upload their TV on p2p and let everyone else do the work"
      -- Linus T Farnsworth

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      the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  2. acronymonious much? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The DDA in USA has a UDFF AGBG standard that might UTFF when the FCC allows XYZ in 2005, _IF_, that is, the USDHS doesnt outlaw it due to new NCIC regs that will effect the UDFF and UFDDA of IOPPUOIN, otherwise they will have to create a new agency to monitor such HDDTV bandwidth (similar to the way they currently handle UHF and VHF)

    but then again , everybody knows that

    1. Re:acronymonious much? by SansTinfoilHat · · Score: 2, Funny

      The DDA in USA has a UDFF AGBG standard that might UTFF when the FCC allows XYZ in 2005, _IF_, that is, the USDHS doesnt outlaw it due to new NCIC regs that will effect the UDFF and UFDDA of IOPPUOIN, otherwise they will have to create a new agency to monitor such HDDTV bandwidth (similar to the way they currently handle UHF and VHF) but then again , everybody knows that


      WTF?

  3. Re:how about by Forge · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Ask Slashdot". Where Slashdot Editors who don't read Slashdot help Slashdot "readers" who don't read Slashdot to ask questions that could be answerd by using Slashdot's search function. :)

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  4. STFU by dark-br · · Score: 2, Funny

    YHBT. YHL. HAND. :)

  5. webcam by mikeee · · Score: 2, Funny

    Point a webcam at your TV and record it that way. Problem solved!

    (Seriously though, if you had multiple webcams aimed at different parts of the screen, and software to reintegrate the video streams... let's see them DRM that!)