Video cards with composite video outputs

[Patrick Lidstone <patrick-lidstone@xxxxxxx>]

Andy Harvey wrote:

>I bought an Averkey Plus from DM Computing. This is external and
>converts VGA to PAL.
>
>I chose this route to so that I could change my video card without
>needing one with PAL output everytime.

[big snip]

Thanks for the pointer - and to everyone else who replied - It's a bit on
the pricy side though.

I don't expect to be changing the video board again, so the on-board
approach isn't a problem for me. Keith Doxey suggested the ATI range - most
of their cards have PAL output on board. Sadly the video capture element of
the ATI cards are not supported under Linux because ATI won't/can't divulge
the programming info - otherwise it would have been the perfect solution,
for much the same price as the Averkey adapter. Conversely, the video
capture and teletext is supported on Hauppauge cards, but they don't have
PAL outputs. Argh!

It looks as though there's little to lose by having a go at knocking up my
own adapter. I'll report back on success, failure or otherwise!

Patrick

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