Re: Is there any working video capture card which works and is still made?
Boris Epstein <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.video.video4linux |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Devin Heitmueller<[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Bill Davidsen<[email protected]> wrote: >> I have a lovely collection of capture cards which either don't work or are >> no longer available new. Is there any such card? >> >> Note: I can't tell a client to buy hardware on eBay, or to patch a kernel, >> or commit to providing patched kernel... and we're in Time-Warned land, >> where the signal is a mix of clear digital, crypto-digital, and NTSC. I >> *can* tell someone to spend money to get something supported, which they >> could buy in some small quantity. >> >> I would be happy with a box like the HDhomerun, which does a nice job on the >> tiny list of clear digital signals, the Hauppauge HVR-2250 is ideal, but >> doesn't work because the driver isn't in the kernel and the windows stuff >> doesn't run on ndiswrapper (too complex to support anyway). >> >> Any thoughts, or is it just not currently happening? >> >> -- >> bill davidsen <[email protected]> >> CTO TMR Associates, Inc >> >> "You are disgraced professional losers. And by the way, give us our money >> back." >> - Representative Earl Pomeroy, Democrat of North Dakota >> on the A.I.G. executives who were paid bonuses after a federal bailout. > > There are lots of cards that work. The big questions lie in what bus > type you need (USB/PCI/PCIe), and what featureset (ATSC, ClearQAM, > analog, IR, etc.) > > Might also be nice what your large collection is composed of, since we > might be able to get some of them to work. > > Devin > > -- > Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs > http://www.kernellabs.com > > -- > video4linux-list mailing list > Unsubscribe mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list > Good points Devin! Actually come to think of it - it is the chipset that determines compatibility hence there may be many cards sharing the same chipset that ought to work. Boris. -- video4linux-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list