Andrew MacLennan wrote:
>
> I'm having a fairly specific problem with a Bt878-based video
> capture card - a Skywell MagicTV - and wondering if anyone else on the
> list has had similar hassle, since I've been told that several others
> here have also recently bought these cards. Since I suspect this list is
> not really intended for in-depth technical issues (I'm new !), I'll be
> brief.
This is the card that Len Chan sells (http://www.cetustech.com.au) and
SLUG had a bulk buy discount that has now finished.
The list seems to cate for all levels of discussion.
> Basically, I've using the new Video for Linux 2 API, and a fairly
> newly developed driver - BTTV2 for V4L2 (by Justin Schoeman, 25/11/99).
> When grabbing images from a PAL colour camera with a composite video out,
> I'm only getting monochrome images. I've also tried it with a camera with
> S-Video out, with the same results. In summary, has anyone with a MagicTV
> card managed to get colour video (I'm not concerned about TV) out, and if
> so, how ?
What is the camera you are using?
The cameras most people seem to be using are the Jaycar/DR/DS/etc
thingies although one person tested this card with his video camera.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew.
>
> PS. I've already trawled this problem through the v4l2 mailing list : had
> a lot of interesting feedback, but no success.
I only know about V4l, not V4l2. Off the top guess is that you have
the wrong config.
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