Video capturing - Pinnacle

[Robin Laing]

Rick Stevens wrote:
> Robin Laing wrote:
> 
>> YigalB wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>>> "I must keep an XP computer for certain applications"............
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [<Yigal>] I need to capture analog video...........
>>>>>>> - I was sure it's obvious. Is there anything I can do now to use
>>>
> 
> You can also get a PCI TV tuner card (e.g. Hauppage or AverMedia's
> PCTV--anything based on the Brooktree chipset), load up the bttv
> driver and have at it with all of the wonderful v4l (video for linux)
> software out there.
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> - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer     rstevens at vitalstream.com -
> - VitalStream, Inc.                       http://www.vitalstream.com -
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I want external for two different reasons.

I would go internal if it was HDTV compatible.

This is one reason that I have put off any purchase of video capture.

I have a rule that I will look at any hardware to ensure linux 
compatibility.  I made the mistake with ATI and their poor closed 
source drivers in December.

I am looking at this HDTV tuner card.  It has an S-Video input which 
would suit my needs.


http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html

This place that makes cards for Linux and not Windows.
  "One available PCI slot Currently the HD-3000 is NOT supported in 
Windows 98T, Windows 2000T or Windows XPT however Windows drivers are 
include for those wishing to experiment with the card in Microsoft 
Windows."

-- 
Robin Laing