Re: [LUG] Linux Boot disk? Video Capture?

[Mark Evans <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob Beard wrote:


>>2.  Video Capture.  Windows Service Pack 2 has fouled up my video
>>capture in Windows.  I am not about to go through all the hassle of
>>reinstalling yet again just because Microsoft are incapable of
>>producing a stable product.  I know I've asked this before but with
>>Christmas coming up it seems a good time to ask for presents ;)  Can
>>anyone recommend a Video Capture card (doesn't have to include a tuner
>>as I use the cable box to view TV) which is *guaranteed* to work in
>>Linux?
> 
> 
> Anything with a Brooktree BT8x8 chipset should work out of the box.  I
> have an old Modular Technology MM100PCTV PCI capture card which is
> detected and works fine.

IME anything with a Philips SAA713x chipset will generally work easily
with Linux, but can be very difficult to get working with Windows XP.

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