I read up on the WinTV card on priceless just there and it says
you can connect a camcorder. Do you know if I can use this under
linux to capture/edit from my analogue camcorder which has phono
connections rather than the s-video output?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin McDermott
> Sent: 06 August 2001 12:48
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [scottish] Linux & TV Cards
>
>
> > Frank Murtagh wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Looking for some advice regarding TV cards and Linux.
> >
> > Can anyone recommend one that will run with no hassle and what
> > software to use with it. I intend to run it on Mandrake 8.0 using
> > KDE ??Suggestions??
> >
>
> Frank,
>
> I've had a WinTV/PCI for several years (Happuage (sp?)
>
> It's stable, and reliable.
>
> Nicam Digital Stereo/Teletext.
>
> I bought mine in 1997, and it's had good Linux Kernel support since
> (BT848 chipset).
>
> A quick glance at Pless.co.uk indicates that they've got several similar
> cards.
>
> The BT878 chipset, which is the later version of BT848 seems to be the
> rage nowadays, so I'd imagine you can't go wrong.
>
> Oh, and _any_ of the *TV apps work (GnomeTV, KWinTV XawTV).
>
> HTH
>
> Kevin
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