On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 21:07:26 -0400 "Largo Hellenz" <lamp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > hello, > > I would like to know if it is possible to record cable tv/radio onto > hard > drive. the idea is that if i was ever not home, and in danger of > missing > something really good, i could just ssh in and start recording.... or > just > sell my vcr in favor of crond :) > > What would be a good cable TV card to get started with and what > would be a > good software package to encode/compress with? > > thanks, > fernando pando Yes. Check out VCR http://www.stack.nl/~brama/vcr/ encoding to divx in "real-time" I use cron to start the recording. If you are in Europe, you can use WebVCR as a front-end to VCR. http://webvcr.sourceforge.net/ If anyone knows any python, it would be great to have this updated for the U.S. -- Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org mQGhBDuxPdYRBADzFXgIcmDpZXOxYeplGQQdv1HONlLFxis5YiR2R7dQ6KAmZG/X 5xcXPcbrstXPuUJz4DPVaWTF59e1oXFuBFX/BSeyat45diu/cUZVLHjsEDqdodiG BPfsTNtaW3ZP245ZZVr3m4jedssXuboKNOlLX166N0aWqXGo3ncGXnR7dwCg6978 ZnAbBmOZg8zD+3Z9alWwa0MD/A2IlkVNg0K19jJuRvGOd3neXjESqQ/84d6NvGEG yKaTUMzESZEuF4hPynpSFkUPLSE+1tZ4hqkIzP2IYrD74ObZnkKVtcjNNB4GAdk/ kYsuEo6TNQC7xuTky3Slc/sXQL5YFFYeIO3Wdt0+L/E1vU3YVfPDhcnMe6lalGQH 5YwfA/dfU8o2x7JsS0eF3YiQhXQ2kHYfCTkmyD5QZZosHdmUmPGaMyTXvancHbNl cLDe9ZQubYSQQTBTmDBF8MfRmxInGTGn6jnVOc8dYVfkG7mVeQqI0hwYpAVj4TLp IMLddL0N1HBDI1R5h9xtXMGsj8rh85ZHAdhjWmXfRky4XQuqtCNNaWNoYWVsIE9z dGVuIDxtb3N0ZW5AcmVlZmVkZ2UuY29tPohXBBMRAgAXBQI7sT3WBQsHCgMEAxUD AgMWAgECF4AACgkQK9WwSrQMCYkpEgCg6g1gvlGn0E2FcQrPpP0+IP5FGzMAoNKB n2q/sJf35ugdDSef/uD+vYNVuQENBDuxPdgQBADG+SfLco3vL583je7Bz+n82X6w cgeS6tm4EqGb6NXcEa+FvniBefBueRssBzaEqhluUV9rzn5W+N7nf7VGoLI2oGhg ZFhVdNqR8SNofZue8lEqWMkIMdFlXRqojlzbejOXa54WVXEfSZybsuitKsfoDREO QDKa7MTPtnwEedaJIwADBgQAgcZ5nFJoZhGHfnqsz4LHjldFnr5PaeEiWYrYjBcz drLLaLf2EI5oAnMwDIN3apXb2MRMp1gD93kWcbY6DsVQMgGIXvNYjHR8mwuH/6l5 VNGVQOdiouXf1LqXjFlO+Ld0PqvDyILZPktDz8vd+rnhzv3u8GZduMytuJvPN9hQ L+WIRgQYEQIABgUCO7E92AAKCRAr1bBKtAwJiWnbAJ4wHX/ejEwC3VLJjFZyg+SN ORdi/QCfbY1VFUL0hTZtCdpXQ/W7rMxRq/s= =mqPG -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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