On September 1993 plus 3563 days Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 04 Jun 2003 8:07 pm, Vox wrote: >> On September 1993 plus 3563 days Anne Wilson wrote: >> > On Wednesday 04 Jun 2003 11:49 am, Steffen Barszus wrote: >> >> Am Mittwoch, 4. Juni 2003 12:14 schrieb Anne Wilson: >> Unless you are planning on doing something with that video you >> are getting into your computer (ie. record, edit, export), you >> don't need a good video capture card...any bttv based 20 bucks card >> will let you watch TV in your computer without problems. I have a >> TreeView99 card here, and it worked great for over a year (I >> finally fell into temptation and got a real TV, so I'm not using >> the card anymore...tho it's still in the computer and worked last >> time I used it :) >> >> Vox > > That sounds another option - except for one thing. Every time I look > for specs on any tv card, it doesn't seem to tell me whether it is a > bttv card. Either I don't know what I'm looking for, or.....? I > have to find one that is on sale in the uk, so I have to know what > I'm looking for. If you have any suggestions to help me search, I'd > be glad.
Take a look at: /usr/src/linux-<kernelversion>/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST If you have the kernel source installed...that lists all known working cards (without variations...that is, some manufacturers buy cards from another company and just rebrand them...those aren't listed, AFAIK, so you'll have to find out if a non-listed card is a rebranding of a working card). But, in general, any card that has a BTTV8x8 chipset should work. Vox -- Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr.
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