[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Nvidia video capture -- GO7007 Codec

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 17:54 -0500, David I S Mandala wrote:
> Simply added a bit more clarity, you implied it did not work today, and 
> it does, I was careful to specify the difference in the cost.

Okay, fair enough.  Sorry I was jumpy.

> I use it in an industrial security dvr application for school buses and 
> it's also being looked at by police and public safety applications. 

And I pointed out that they device works fine with existing DVR
applications.  I'm sure more application support is occurring too.

There are support aspects outside of V4L too, as the FAQ pointed out.
The same things happened with the WinTVs early on, and they were then
written.

> Biggest issues are attempting to use it with a VIA MB. The VIA boards 
> suck in terms of USB chipset support and PCI interupts.

Well, there are always I2C issues.  I typically stick with AMD or nVidia
chipsets, and Intel to a lesser extent.  I've always had issues with
ALi, SiS and ViA when it comes to I2C and APIC support.



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