[NTLUG:Discuss] Video Capture Card for Linux
Stephen Davidson
gorky at freenet.carleton.ca
Wed Jun 23 16:07:39 CDT 2010
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Chris Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 14:30 -0500, Stephen Davidson wrote:
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>> Chris Cox wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 13:32 -0500, Stephen Davidson wrote:
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>>>> Greetings.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know of a good one? BNC input, Analog signal. Preferred output
>>>> H.264.
>>> Good one? Not sure. I've been happy with my Hauppauge USB ones.
>>> HVR-1950 works well. Input is composite or Svideo and output is
>>> mpeg2. As far as a TV tuner goes, you can capture the ATSC streams,
>>> or if analog, again, it outputs mpeg2.
>>>
>>> Sample:
>>> http://endlessnow.com/ten/Video/Late_Show_with_David_Letterman-Mon_Dec_14_23:25:11_CST_2009.mpg
>>>
>> Hi Chris.
>>
>> I need to be more specific -- Needs to plug into a PCI Slot (Internal
>> card), and it would be nice if it accepted 4 channels/card. There will
>> be a large number of cards, so a chassis is needed -- hence the PCI
>> requirement. And it would be nice if this could be done under Linux,
>> otherwise (due to VM Requirements), it will be a MS license per card,
>> and I would like to avoid giving Redmond that much money if at all possible.
>
> Gotcha.... not sure. I know that older PCI Hauppauge's worked well.
> Are you wanting PCIe or PCI? (just curious)
>
> A quick google did come up with a DeltaCast, Bluecherry, iTuner, IDS as
> possible Linux options.
>
> Also... you're saying this has to work using a VM?? That could be even
> more difficult.
>
Thanks for the info. I had found Bluecherry & iTuner, but not DeltaCast
or IDS.
As for the VM, there is somebody at site that is claiming that this can
be "readily handled". I will be curious to see how it works, myself.
Regards,
Steve
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