The S-video on the HD-3000 is only for NTSC capture.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/10/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert Denier</b> <<a href="mailto:denier@umr.edu">denier@umr.edu</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 13:53 -0600, James C. Dastrup wrote:<br>> <I'm reading up on all this hdtv stuff so I can drool about it.
<br>> <I've read that only terrestrial hdtv is available for linux, but<br>> <I'm not about to invest money in an antennae. I've got Dish<br>> <currently, and I don't plan to go hybrid.<br>> <<br><br>
The only thing I can think of that might capture HD signals from say a<br>component video connection would be a very high end data aquisition<br>card, or perhaps three data aquisition cards, one for each signal. If<br>for instance you used national instruments boards you could possibly
<br>synchronize three of the pci boards with the rtsi bus. Of course the<br>boards alone are likely to cost several thousand or more. You would<br>probably also need a very high end computer. Windows XP and Labview<br>
would likely make it easier initially. I suspect one might also need a<br>raid drive configuration to handle saving raw uncompressed HD<br>information.<br><br>At any rate, I suspect if someone wanted to capture HD component video
<br>that it is doable, if you wanted to throw enough money and time at it.<br>Some basic electrical engineering knowledge would be a plus as well.<br><br>The interesting trick is, whether or not it would be possible to<br>
compress it down to mpeg2 in real time using todays cpu's. I honestly<br>don't know, but I suspect the answer is yes.<br><br>I suppose the moral is, that somethings are amusing to ponder doing, but<br>until someone makes a card/chipset specifically for capturing HD I doubt
<br>it is going to be cost effective for an average consumer.<br><br>-Robert<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">
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