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[midtskogen]

Does anyone here know of a small formfactor product that supports HDMI input?  I need something that I can connect to a video camera/digital camera with HDMI out, something I then can set up to encode and record the video.  It doesn't have to be very powerful, since I only need to encode at around 5 fps (though power doesn't hurt either), but it has to handle 1080p30 input.

There are specialised encoders out there that will take HDMI input and provide RTSP/whatever, but they're incredibly expensive and I'd also like the freedom of having shell access and tailoring the software to my needs.  I suppose I can build a PC that will do this, but I'd like to avoid the hardware and administrative bloat of that.

Any suggestions?

[Headworx]

Any GoogleTV 2.0 does this. Have a look at Vizio.

[midtskogen]

Is it possible to run a fairly standard Linux distro on any GoogleTV 2.0 devices?

[Headworx]

I don't think so... You'd have to switch to Android. .. Also bear in mind that access to the HDMI stream is fairly restricted -most code is locked and runs inside the GPU... This is to comply with HDCP copy protection scheme. ..

[midtskogen]

Thanks.  While attractive because of the price, it sounds hard to modify.

The Hauppauge HD PVR2 coupled with one of the devices available on Newit could have been a nice combination, had there been a Linux driver for the PVR2.  There is a driver for the older PVR version, but it hasn't got HDMI in.