I haven't used the IVC-200 but I haven't had any trouble with the Spectra8 on Fedora Core 5. One oddity I did find however was that on the two cards that we own, instead of the video being routed through the 'Composite Video' port it was actually on the 'Television' port. Made no difference to me but strange none the less.
One thing I do like about the Spectra8 instead of the IVC-200, from what I have seen, is that the IVC-200 will ONLY support 5V 32-bit PCI slots. The Spectra8 will fit in a 3.3V PCI-X slot and work without a problem, (running it in a Dell PowerEdge server that only has PCI-X slots). I don't know if this is important to you but it was important to us when deciding. If anyone knows differently please speak up as all I have to go by is pictures (no front notch on the card's connector), and what the specifications say on their website. This was one reason we didn't consider this card. Anyways, my two cents... Adam Taylor Computing Center University of Louisiana Monroe _____ From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Ed Brannin Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 2:00 PM To: AG Tech list Subject: [AG-TECH] Video capture for Linux: IVC-200, -G?, -RS-R20? Hello, I'm running an AG node with several cameras attached, 3 of which are connected through a Winnov Videum 4400 (which is Windows-only). I'm about to buy a video capture card to try with our Linux machines, and from everything listed on the AG website[1], it seems like the IVC-200 series is winning: [1]: http://www.accessgrid.org/taxonomy/term/16 * PCI-compatible * Linux drivers * video inputs are directly attached to the card (unlike the Bluecherry) * I hear some people have had trouble with the Spectra8 The FALCONquattro might also work, but I don't know if they're available in small quantities; I've emailed IDS to ask about that. ...but before I buy an IVC-200, I'd like your input: there seem to be 4 varities, with -G and/or -RS-R20 tacked on the end. Near as I can tell, the -G is for a GPIO module, which might be interesting if we were programming microcontrollers (which we aren't), and the other suffix pertains to European hazardous substance regulations. So, should we buy the IVC-200, one of the (slightly) more expensive models, or something else entirely? Thanks, -Ed Brannin edbran...@gmail.com<mailto:edbran...@gmail.com>
