On Sun, 1 Jun 2003 16:09:34 +0100 (BST) laurentbon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am thinking of buying one of those and I would like
> to install Freevo on my linux laptop.
> Does Freevo support the WinTv usb device? Will I find
> all the necessary linux drivers to get the device to
> work on linux and to work with freevo?
>
> Any similar experience would be highly appreciated...
> I would like to be up and running as soon as possible!
>
I have one of these, they are based on a Nogatech (now Zoran) usb
video capture chip, and there is a linux driver for them - usbvision,
iirc. It hasn't been updated since september 2002, near as i can tell.
In windows, with Hauppauge's drivers, the video quality is just barely
acceptable. A far cry from pci cards. it captures 320x240 at some frame
rate less than 30fps, and the video is very slightly blocky.
In linux it's a slide show, because the linux driver doesn't support
the proprietary video compression that the chip and windows driver
support. It achieves something like 2 frames per second.
You could use it as a frame grabber, but the quality is similar to an
old parallel port Color QuickCam II. I have both, so i speak from
experience.
The WinTV-PVR usb device is another story completely, since it has a
built in mpeg codec, and costs more than an actual TiVo.
- Eric
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