I am successfully using a card from lifeview called
flyvideo98, its a bttv compatible card which means
setting it up as is simple as modprobe bttv and in
fact you don't even need to do that since i think
kudzu will do it for you,
on the back it has standard av connector, svhs ir
including reciever and remote and some sound/phono
connectors, it cost �50 about 6 months ago.
Once you have the module loaded or you compile it in
it uses standard Video4Linux devices so you can use
any V4L viewer such as Kwintv xawtv etc etc.
Only problems you might have is if you have a v4l
webcam or other device as i had issues with software
not knowing which device to use but apart from that it
works a charm.
HTH
david
--- Tam McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I read up on the WinTV card on priceless just there
> and it says
> you can connect a camcorder. Do you know if I can
> use this under
> linux to capture/edit from my analogue camcorder
> which has phono
> connections rather than the s-video output?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Kevin McDermott
> > Sent: 06 August 2001 12:48
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [scottish] Linux & TV Cards
> >
> >
> > > Frank Murtagh wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Looking for some advice regarding TV cards and
> Linux.
> > >
> > > Can anyone recommend one that will run with no
> hassle and what
> > > software to use with it. I intend to run it on
> Mandrake 8.0 using
> > > KDE ??Suggestions??
> > >
> >
> > Frank,
> >
> > I've had a WinTV/PCI for several years (Happuage
> (sp?)
> >
> > It's stable, and reliable.
> >
> > Nicam Digital Stereo/Teletext.
> >
> > I bought mine in 1997, and it's had good Linux
> Kernel support since
> > (BT848 chipset).
> >
> > A quick glance at Pless.co.uk indicates that
> they've got several similar
> > cards.
> >
> > The BT878 chipset, which is the later version of
> BT848 seems to be the
> > rage nowadays, so I'd imagine you can't go wrong.
> >
> > Oh, and _any_ of the *TV apps work (GnomeTV,
> KWinTV XawTV).
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Kevin
> >
>
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