Brad Campbell wrote: > Kunal Rupera wrote: >> I checked out some cards >> >> http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Pinnacle_PCTV_50i this card >> seems to fit my budget as well as runs on linux. >> >> But will this card take in component as an input source? I cannot make >> out anything from the picture provided there. >> > > What CCTV camera are you using that has a component output?!? > All the units I've ever used/seen have a standard composite output, and you > can feed them into any > old cheap-o BT878 based capture card.
Standard HD cams, used for high res monitoring, uses Component output [1]only. Composite[2] is fixed to standard PAL/NTSC and cannot be used for those applications. Also, such cams cannot be interfaced to an el-cheapo 878 composite input, since it lacks a YPbPr input. That said, the person who posted uses a camera with a simple composite output only. Manu [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_video
