Hi folks. I'm looking at doing an interesting side project locally here, and I am looking for ideas. The wife wants me to be a camcorder to video tape the baby... that's all fine and dandy, but I'd like to use it as a write-off instead of just paying for it. =) (Always have to find ways to increase your expenses if you can!). Anyways, I'm thinking of doing some Linux tutorials on tape for the locals... stuff like introductions to GNOME, KDE, some security stuff, etc.
I don't think the camcorder matters too much (I'm not getting one of the really expensive ones with the firewire features), but the one I'm looking at (a Sony) does have S-Video support, so I'm thinking I may need a new video card. Of course, I could point the camcorder at the screen, but that doesn't appeal to me much. So my question is... is there a video card that works under Linux, with appropriate tools, to do something like taking full shots of the desktop, etc? I'm thinking of a TV card of some sort that has video out that can plug into the camcorder so I can record what the TV card is putting out. I'm not *too* concerned about video editing under Linux (although if there is software for this, so much the better)... my primary concern is video out to the camcorder. I know ATI puts some cards out (like the All in Wonder, etc.) but how are these under Linux? Any pointers would be sincerely appreciated. I suspect it would work the same way as hooking up the computer to the TV via the card and using a regular VHS to record the computer output. That's essentially what I'm looking for. Thanks! -- MandrakeSoft Security, OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net 1024D/FE6F2AFD 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD Current Linux kernel 2.4.8-34.1mdk uptime: 10 days 17 hours 43 minutes.
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