One thing for which computers seem ideally suited is as a video processor and recorder. For
some reason, people have settled on the abbreviation “PVR”, which apparently stands
for “Personal Video Recorder”. I find that term silly: what's personal about it?
The interesting distinction is between other form of video recorders, such as tape-based (VHS,
for example) or DVD-R based. These are neither more nor less personal than a computer based
video recorder. Since we need abbreviations, I'm calling mine a “Computer Video
Recorder” or “CVR”.
I've had really bad experiences with all multimedia software, commercial and otherwise. I'm
keeping a log of the pain I've been through, mainly as a place to keep
my thoughts than a good description of how to implement a CVR. That will develop initially on
this page. When it becomes worthwhile, I'll create a “how to” page and move the
relevant parts of the document there.
Program Documentation
Web Documentation
Technical documentation
HOWTOs
Australian stuff
Standards
References
These references are things I'm collecting as I go along. Some of them might be useful.
Documentation links
These are taken from http://www.linuxdvb.tv/documentation/index.html
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Card layout - how the various components fit
together
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TLC320AD80C - audio D/A converter
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SAA7146A - connects tuner, demultiplexer and
MPEG decoder
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CY7C0241V - dualported RAM
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TMS320AV7110 - Texas Instruments AV7110 DVB
chip. This unit is used to demultiplex the MPEG stream, creation of the PAL image and it
contains the ARM controller and the CA decoder
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BSRV2-301A - satellite tuner on Rev. 1.3
boards
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BSRU6-701A - satellite tuner on Rev. 2.1
boards
Streaming video links
These are somewhat tangential to the topic.
Other links
