HDMI capture board for streaming

pgu · l33t Joined: 30 Jul 2009 Posts: 721 Location: Oslo, Norway

I would like to get a HDMI video/audio capture board which is supported under Linux.

What I would like to do is to capture data from a cable-TV decoder (which has a HDMI output) and stream it out on my LAN so that it can be watched on XBMC clients, or at least using mplayer or similar.

Any suggestions for such a board and driver/software?

eccerr0r · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:07 am Post subject:

As an aside, if the cable-TV decoder has HDCP, are there any HDCP decoders? I suspect these would be very low key and quite illegal... or at least the media industry sure wants them to be...
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pgu · l33t Joined: 30 Jul 2009 Posts: 721 Location: Oslo, Norway

The signal does not seem to be HDCP decoded out of the decoder. I can still watch TV even if HDCP is disabled. However, it could be that future channels might be HDCP encoded so you have a very good point.

Another option would be to use some device which will transport the HDMI data over ethernet and assemble it back HDMI so I can use the HDCP decoder in the TV. This would of course be a perfect task for a HTPC given the right hardware. Does such a card exists?

plink212 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 90

You could use a hdfury and connect it to a Hauppauge HDPVR
That would do HDMI -> Component -> V4LV2 capture device
It says it even supports HDCP decode

You would then stream that out again using vlc
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Streaming-V4L

Never tried the hdfury but I use a HDPVR as a capture device off a cable box all the time

pgu · l33t Joined: 30 Jul 2009 Posts: 721 Location: Oslo, Norway