On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 04:30, Liam Ward wrote: > 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. > I have had good luck with MP1E (zapping.sf.net) and a standard BTTV card. I have never recorded anything that long, the most I do is an hour. I don't see any reason why a software player wouldn't be able to play back the video... Rett Walters > Thanks, > > Liam > > > -- > Liam Ward > DV4 > t: +353 1 672 7250 > e: liam@xxxxxxx > w: www.dv4.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list
