> I bought those while searching for cards with the stk1160. in fact, i had a > similar problem with vendors, claiming they use the original easycap > chipset, but using the usbtv instead. (i bought sth like 5 different > devices, all of them not working) > so: if conrad electronic did not change anything in the br116 cards within > the last 3months, those should be working. Thanks for the advice. I've ordered some and hopefully they won't disappoint.
Antonio On 10 December 2013 13:51, Peter Venus <n...@petervenus.de> wrote: > Hi Antonio! > > Am 09.12.13 18:55, schrieb Antonio Roberts: > >> Hi Peter >> >>> i did some research on which cards are made with the original >>> "easycap" chipset", and found, that [1] uses it. all the others, which >>> go for the same 20eruros or so, i tested already used the >>> usbtv-chipset/driver. >> >> Do these definitely have have the DC60 chipset/use the stk1160 drive? >> The problem I've found is that many purport to using the DC60 chipset >> but in fact don't (hence my second one not working properly) >> > I bought those while searching for cards with the stk1160. in fact, i had a > similar problem with vendors, claiming they use the original easycap > chipset, but using the usbtv instead. (i bought sth like 5 different > devices, all of them not working) > so: if conrad electronic did not change anything in the br116 cards within > the last 3months, those should be working. > > > > > >> Antonio >> >> On Mon 09 Dec 2013 09:09:43 GMT, Peter Venus wrote: >>> >>> Hello! >>> >>> as for the easycap capturecards, i worked with a couple of those >>> recently: >>> there are general problems with some chipsets, especially with those >>> using the usbtv drivers. >>> when i tried to work with those in september, there was just a >>> experimental linux driver available, which i didnt manage to get >>> working in linux in general, not just pd. >>> so, if you have them working in cheese etc, aou are already more >>> successful then i was. >>> my suggestion would be to get cards, that rely on the stk1160 driver, >>> since they work perfect(i had 8 running at the same time) >>> >>> i did some research on which cards are made with the original >>> "easycap" chipset", and found, that [1] uses it. all the others, which >>> go for the same 20eruros or so, i tested already used the >>> usbtv-chipset/driver. >>> >>> [1] renkforce br116 >>> >>> http://www.conrad-electronic.co.uk/ce/en/product/956875/Renkforce-BR116-USB-20-Video-Grabber >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> cheers, peter >>> >>> >>> >>> Am 09.12.13 00:19, schrieb Antonio Roberts: >>>> >>>> I'm using PD extended 0.43.4 on Ubuntu 13.10 and have a problem with >>>> [pix_video]. >>>> >>>> I have two Easycap USB composite capture cards. One of them has the DC60 >>>> chipset and uses the stk1160 driver and works with PD/Gem i.e. I'm able >>>> to use it (plus an old video camera) as a video input device (very >>>> useful!) >>>> >>>> The second one I have >>>> (www.amazon.co.uk/EasyCap-DC60-Capture-Adapter-Software/dp/B003QA7MES/ ) >>>> doesn't use the stk1160 driver and instead uses the usbtv driver. >>>> >>>> When I load the video device (usually /dev/video1) into [pix_video] it >>>> completely freezes PD (watchdog: signaling pd... keeps being repeated in >>>> the command line). >>>> >>>> This seems to be an error with GEM as the capture card works in every >>>> other application that I've tried it on (Cheese, Camorama, >>>> avconv/ffmpeg, web applications) >>>> >>>> Is there any way to diagnose and fix this? >>>> >>>> Antonio >>>> >> >> -- >> ============================ >> anto...@hellocatfood.com >> http://www.hellocatfood.com >> ============================ -- ============================ anto...@hellocatfood.com http://www.hellocatfood.com ============================ _______________________________________________ GEM-dev mailing list GEM-dev@iem.at http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/gem-dev
