Video Capture Card Recommendations

[LawnBoy]

Looking for recommendations on a good video capture card to run under SuSE 9.0. Full screen, full frame, tuner optional.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Kozusnik]

I hear several people say the Hauppage WinTV card is the way to go. I'm thinking of getting one for my daughter's computer. I'll let you know if I get one.

I use an ATI AIW 128 pro agp card. I installed the the gatos ati driver from sourceforge and it works fine.

Mark

 

[franklin97355]

Kozusnik,

http://www.surpluscomputers.com/store/Main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=CRD10186

 

[jstreich]

I have a Haupauge PVR-350, and it works wonderfully... but getting ivtv installed properly is quite a bit of work. myth doublly so.

I have notes about how I installed it on my site (I actually used KnoppMyth... After the version of Debian didn't have working ivtv drivers.

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http://game-master.us/phpx-3.4.0/

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[LawnBoy]

Geez, I see nothing that's guaranteed to work. A freakin' 80 gig tivo with dvd burner is only $400. I'm worried about DRM though.

Kozusnik: is that ATI you have a capture card? ATI's site says nothing about it capturing...

 

[jstreich]

From the link:

Watch TV on your PC!
Record TV programs to disk in MPEG or DivX®!
Snap still images and motion video movies!
Videoconference over the Internet*!
100% Compatible with Windows 2000 & XP!

When I was buying mine, I was very careful to check compatibility and reviews. The haupauge cards work with the ivtv drivers, which are avilible for download. They are a little compilcated to install on a pre-exsisting linux distro, but it is possible (means rebuilding the kernel -- and possibly upgrading it).

If you decide to run knoppmyth (wich turns into a debian distro), here is my howto:

http://www.game-master.us/phpx-3.4.0/news.php?news_id=5

Otherwise there is the famous Jarod how-to for FC2.

http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php

I think there is a SUSE how-to, but I never actually saw it.

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http://game-master.us/phpx-3.4.0/

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[Kozusnik]

LawnBoy,
Look here

http://gatos.sourceforge.net/

. There's a kernel module for use with video capture. I haven't used it yet.

Mark

 

[Nothinglessness]

Erm, the gatos kmod causes instability and 'weird' happenings. Sometimes, X doesnt get along with it.

When it DOES work, its pretty darn spiffy.

If you're running this as a server, dont use the gatos kmod at all.

 

[jstreich]

ivtv or btv modules seem to work well, if you can get them installed.

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http://game-master.us/phpx-3.4.0/

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[stoneman4]

I use an Osprey 100 on RH 9 and an Hauppage WinTV on Slackware 10 and have been well satisfied with both.
Regards....