[NTLUG:Discuss] Analog video capture

[erich]

Dennis Kaptain wrote:
> I want to convert my analog VCR tapes and analog Camcorder video to digital.
>
> I plan on purchasing a BT878 card as below.
> http://cgi.ebay.com/PixelView-PV-BT878P-REV-10B-TV-TUNER-/260776721005?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb780fa6d
>
>
> I believe the Linux Kernel should already have the drivers for this ready to go 
> and I can use mencoder to copy the video/audio to a file.
>
> The ebay photos seem to show the card having inputs for 1/8 in plugs. My VCR and 
> Camcorder have RCA output jacks. Do I need a simple cable with 1/8" on one end 
> and RCA on the other or is there more to it than that?
>
> Does anyone have experience with this particular card? Tips? Advise? Warnings?
>
> I'm running Fedora 14. 3GB RAM, Dual Intel 4300 processors 1.8GHz
>
> Thanks
> Dennis Kaptain
>
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I see we don't top post here:

     I use a PVR-150 to do the same thing:

02:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 
(CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV PVR 150
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
        Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: ivtv
        Kernel modules: ivtv

My kernel module configuration looks like this:

Module                  Size  Used by
snd_intel8x0           29852  0
snd_hda_intel         303380  0
nvidia               3919276  12
snd_ac97_codec         89632  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                5504  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq                43888  0
snd_seq_device          9740  1 snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            24608  0
snd_pcm                54660  4 
snd_intel8x0,snd_hda_intel,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              20232  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         11016  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          16128  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    42276  9 
snd_intel8x0,snd_hda_intel,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd
_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               9184  1 snd
wm8775                  9004  0
cx25840                26956  0
tuner                  34528  0
tea5767                 9348  1 tuner
tda8290                15364  1 tuner
tuner_xc2028           19856  1 tuner
tda9887                12164  1 tuner
tuner_simple           10760  1 tuner
mt20xx                 14216  1 tuner
tea5761                 8068  1 tuner
ivtv                  118976  0
cx2341x                13572  1 ivtv
v4l2_common            12672  5 wm8775,cx25840,tuner,ivtv,cx2341x
videodev               31104  2 tuner,ivtv
v4l1_compat            15620  2 ivtv,videodev
tveeprom               16912  1 ivtv


This is a box used exclusively to store, process, and display multimedia.
It's in a DMZ. There are no net firewall modules.


                                                      Cheers,
                                                      Erich