OK you need to know the chipset. you can probably get that by running
lspci (as root) in a terminal.

you will get some lines looking like this:

00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
00:09.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)

excpet yours may be different if you have a different device. Mine, as u
see, is based on the bt878 chipset. A bit of googling establishes that
this uses the bttv driver. You can load it with the command

modprobe bttv

Once it has loaded, you should find that your card is something like
/dev/video0

you can access it with programs like xawtv, or tvtime.

Thats only a potted summary, I can't provide a breakdown of what might
go wrong at any point, have a go until you get no further and come back
to us.


On Mon, 24 May 2004 15:23:39 +1200
Kevin Cosgrove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I am new to Linux and am looking for a driver for my capture card.  I 
> have tried the Leadtek site but to no avail
> Can anyone help me to a site where I may be able to get one from.
> 
> My capture card is a Winfast VC100 made by Leadtek
> Ciao
> Kev

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