Hi, I am looking at a project for a TV broadcaster that needs to record their output for legal reasons. They currently do this using VHS and changing tapes every few hours (in fact there are two systems so that they don't miss anything while changing tapes). They've asked us to look at an MPEG-1 based system to replace it. I would love to do this using Linux, if at all possible. I wouldn't trust Windows to do this daily, reliably, for any significant period of time without falling over. They broadcast around 18 hours a day, so my initial thought was something along the lines of an MPEG-1 card creating an 18-hour long MPEG-1 file for each day. So my questions... - Is there a well-supported MPEG-1 card for Linux? Are there any that can do burnt-in wallclock timecode? (The second requirement is a nice- to-have, otherwise we use some external device to add it) - Does an 18-hour MPEG-1 seem practical? Would software players be able to play it back? I would be grateful for any hints. Thanks, Liam -- Liam Ward DV4 t: +353 1 672 7250 e: liam@xxxxxxx w: www.dv4.com
