I would stay away from ATI boards.
I have an ATI AIW 8500 DV and there is NO V4L or V4L2 support.
As of RH 8.0 the card will detect the Radeon Chipset and the FireWire ports so the card at least works. However the live video display, capture and single shot capture still are not supported. Using software form the GATOS project it is possible to view live video using the Xv extensions in X, but there is still no capture support at all.
From what I have seen in the list, the Hauppauge cards are the best supported with regular retail availability.
I had an ATI AIW Rage 128, and using programs from the GATOS project it worked
well but I could never figure out how to capture live video with it under linux.
Guy
Rick Gaudette wrote:
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