Multimedia box player+recorder?

[asiga]

Apart from the option of using a computer instead, do you now of any multimedia device available in the market nowadays that can:

• Record analog video to an external hard disk plugged in the device.
• Play DVD images stored in an external hard disk (I mean DVD backups from my collection).
• Great compatibility for playing audio/video files with many codecs.

 

[satcomer]

Do you mean something like this? Or do mean software like Audio Hyjack?

 

[asiga]

That's only audio. I meant audio and video. I guess one of those fanless miniPCs with Linux, an analog video capture dongle, and VLC player installed would be my best bet. The time for dedicated multimedia recorders+players sets seems to be gone forever.