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Re: [OT] anyone got a TV card for sale?


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: [OT] anyone got a TV card for sale?
  • From: "Patrick Lidstone" <patrick@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 07:52:17 -0000
  • Mailing-list: list ukha_d@xxxxxxx; contact ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
  • Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Philip Coombes"
<philip.coombes@t...>
wrote:
> It appears from the Trust site that this card is based around the
BT878
> chipset so it should work with any Linux application that uses the
bttv.o
> driver.
>
> The only downsides I think are it seems to be limited to 320x240
and I think
> only has one capture device on board so the more cameras you put on
the
> slower the frame rate.
>
> Other than that it looks like it should work!

I don't think so Phil. The problem isn't the video chipset, it's how
you control the video multiplexing. As I said before, unless the
situation has changed recently, it's not possible to switch channels
with the cheap multicam cards under Linux...

Patrick



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