<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>VCR-HOWTO - Using your GNU/Linux computer as a VCR: Further Information</TITLE> <LINK HREF="VCR-HOWTO-6.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="VCR-HOWTO-4.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="VCR-HOWTO.html#toc5" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="VCR-HOWTO-6.html">Next</A> <A HREF="VCR-HOWTO-4.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="VCR-HOWTO.html#toc5">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s5">5. Further Information</A></H2> <P> <!-- VCRHOWTO!information resources --> In this section, you'll find more information on additional utilities or ideas for making a VCR work under Linux. <P> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss5.1">5.1 MyVCR Wrapper Program proposal</A> </H2> <P>We need a wrapper program that provides us with the ability to do the following things (from a main menu) <UL> <LI>Archive recorded shows to CDR/CDRW/DVDRAM</LI> <LI>Play Recorded shows (From hard disk or prompt for the media!)</LI> <LI>Set record times for recording shows - use tvguide.com as a source for showtimes. A program that accesses tvguide.com for showtimes is: <A HREF="http://http://www.cherrynebula.net/projects/tvguide/tvguide.php">tvguide.com perl program</A></LI> <LI>Be fully configurable to used preferred recorder/player.</LI> <LI>See <A HREF="http://www.s.netic.de/gfiala/">Kvdr</A> as a possible place to start.</LI> </UL> <P> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss5.2">5.2 Alternate Recorders</A> </H2> <P> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="http://mars.tuwien.ac.at/~roman/nuppelvideo">Slow-CPU Capture Program</A></LI> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.ee.up.ac.za/~justin/bttv">Vstream</A></LI> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.ee.up.ac.za/~justin/videostuff">Qdvt</A></LI> </UL> <P> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss5.3">5.3 Recording Results</A> </H2> <P> <UL> <LI>Serge Wroclawski - 200mhz CPU is not fast enough.</LI> <LI>Brian Hayward - 900mhz Duron is fast enough.</LI> <LI>Brian Hayward - 875mhz Duron is fast enough.</LI> <LI>Stephen Moore - 500mhz Celeron CPU is not fast enough.</LI> </UL> <P> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss5.4">5.4 Other Suggested Ideas</A> </H2> <P> <UL> <LI>Describe recording from FM Tuner (radio) card and piping it to oggvorbiz or mp3encoder.</LI> <LI>Cable Descramblers: <A HREF="http://fscktv.fortyoz.org/">fscktv</A> and <A HREF="http://linux.davecentral.com/cgi-bin/homepage.pl?6158">CableTV</A>.</LI> <LI>Figure out how to implement <A HREF="http://www.righto.com/papers/vcr.html">VCR+</A></LI> <LI>Check out the <A HREF="http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr/index.htm">Video Disk Recorder Project</A> - build your own digital satellite receiver.</LI> <LI>Check out the <A HREF="http://linuxtv.org/">LinuxTV project</A>.</LI> <LI>A Menu Driven Video Recorder: <A HREF="http://www.s.netic.de/gfiala/">Kvdr</A></LI> </UL> <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="VCR-HOWTO-6.html">Next</A> <A HREF="VCR-HOWTO-4.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="VCR-HOWTO.html#toc5">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>