[kwlug-disc] KWLUG 2013.09.09 ZFS and btrfs

[Ed Maste]

On 17 September 2013 02:41, Chamunks Arkturus <chamunks at gmail.com> wrote:
> I mean have a capture card in a broadcaster station box that would go in the
> middle somehow.  I've got a Blackmagic card but its been finicky so if
> someone has experience with this stuff let me know its starting to go a bit
> over my head at this point.

I've been attending the BSDCan conference for years, and the FOSSLC
group (http://www.fosslc.org) has handled recording for us for the
last several.

They're using a USB VGA capture device - I think it's this one:
http://www.epiphan.com/products/frame-grabbers/vga2usb/  Unfortunately
they don't have open source drivers, but do have binary Linux drivers
which I think just present a v4l device.

The device works well and the output quality is good, but an active
VGA splitter should be used to tee the signal to it.  At BSDCan they
used a passive Y-cable which "works" but makes the projector output
rather dark.