[TriLUG] Open HD Capture

[Brian Phelps]

The goal of this project is not to satisfy the Home Media DVR user, it is
geared more towards capturing HD video from cameras and laptops.  I
appreciate all the input I have received so far.  I look forward to hearing
from more of this amazingly helpful community.

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Brian Phelps <brphelps at ieee.org> wrote:

> Hello, I 'm Brian Phelps. You might remember me from such fine
> presentations as "Beagle Board Overview and Demo" and "Fun With Fast Fourier
> Transforms and Other Algorithms ", well not really the last one.
>
> HD Video capture is a bit limited on Linux so I decided to try to fix that.
> Especially for USB.
>
> http://www.opencircuits.com/OpenHDCapture
>
> Open as in probably GPLv3
>
> I assume most of you guys are local and may be able to meet up and actually
> work on it in person.
>
> I also will need help designing board layout, programming drivers, RTL, and
> simulation.  The project's git host is at:
> git clone git://
> openhdcapture.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/openhdcapture/openhdcapture(read-only)
> although there isn't much there yet.
>
> Yeah I don't actually have to get help but it would be nice considering I
> have a day job, wife, kids, etc.  The project will have a much better end
> product and (hopefully) be done sooner w/ more features if I have some help.
>
> If anyone has an SF account and would like to contribute I can add you to
> the project.
>
> I have a friend, Chris, who works for Maxim in Texas and is helping on some
> of the USB portion of the project.
>
> If you like it and you wanna help, email me.  If you don't like it then
> fork it ;)
>