[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Nvidia video capture

[David I S Mandala]

It does Mpeg 2 and Mpeg 4 and DivX in hardware realtime. Very nicely too 
  I might add. Quality is excellent.

The 150 does all of that for $63? With GPL'ed drivers too? Cool, I'll 
have to get one. Do you have one of these beasts?

Cheers,

David

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> David I S Mandala <davidm at them.com> wrote:
>>If anyone is interested in hardware mpeg2 and mpeg4
>>encoding you should check out the Plextor PX-M402U video
>>encoder. Requires USB 2.0 but deos all the video encoding
>>in hardware.
> 
> Yep, and they have released Linux software under the GPL. 
> Never used it, and the USB 2.0 devices are $160.
> The Happauge 150 has been around longer, and is cheaper.
> 
> But it's an interesting option none-the-less.  Does it really
> do DivX in hardware in real-time?  Or is it doing MPEG-2
> capture, and then you DivX off-line?  The codec would tell me
> more (I'll find out).
> 
>>They also make a version with an internal TV tuner.
> 
> $62.99 gets you all that in the 150, just requires a PCI
> slot.
> 
>