Re: [gentoo-user] video capture

["Matthew R. Lee" <gentoo@matthewlee.org>]

On Friday 06 April 2007 12:15, ds wrote:
> On 4/5/07, Matthew R. Lee <gentoo@matthewlee.org> wrote:
> > On Thursday 05 April 2007 16:37, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> > > Does the camera generate a "normal" TV signal (PAL, SECAM, NTSC,...)?
> > > If so, the WinTV-PVR150 will work.
> >
> > I assume so, the manual doesn't explicitly say so, but it says just
> > connect it to a video recorder or tv and "away you go"
> > A quick google and check of my usual computer suppliers here in Chile
> > doesn't bring up that card.  Does it belong to a generic type?  Will the
> > average TVtuner type card work along with video4linux ( I guess)?
>
> My experience is that most video capture devices are used for Home
> Theater PC's, I've found the most information on the MythTV website.
> You can check out the documentation on hardware at this link:
>      http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1
>
> I use the Plextor ConvertX, you will find it mentioned under the "USB
> Capture Devices" heading on the webpage above, with a link to the
> website that has the open source linux driver.  This unit is nice
> because all of the video encoding happens on the device, so I am able
> to capture video with my ConvertX connected to a 400MHz Pentium 2
> gentoo box.  Now the driver is available through portage.
>
> See if you can get either the PX-M402U or the PX-TV402U in Chile.  I
> do not think the PX-AV100U or the PX-TV100U will work with the open
> source linux driver.

Right, after a lot more googling etc I might have found my solution.  The 
number of capture cards available here in Chile is limited.  I can't find any 
of the cards mentioned sofar,  Hauppauge for example is no where to be found 
in Chile.  The most widely available cards seem to be from Pinnacle.  The 
Pinnacle Dazzle DVC-90, according to the documentation with the kernel works 
with the video4linux em28xx driver.
I thought I should ask before I go buy it if anybody has experience with the 
card, or have I just volunteered to be the guinea pig :-)

Matt

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