a wintv card works great
On Saturday 02 February 2002 17:05, you wrote: > Umm, just one little thing. > > If you are intending on taking camcorder shots of your computer monitor, > you need to have a camcorder that can provide you with adjustable input > rates. Normal monitor resolutions are completely incompatible with > camcorders with fixed input rates as it causes that refresh line to > scroll down the screen. (now if the monitor is an LCD then this isn't an > issue.) > > NB > > On Sat, 2002-02-02 at 15:05, Vincent Danen wrote: > > Hi folks. I'm looking at doing an interesting side project locally > > here, and I am looking for ideas. The wife wants me to be a camcorder > > to video tape the baby... that's all fine and dandy, but I'd like to > > use it as a write-off instead of just paying for it. =) (Always have > > to find ways to increase your expenses if you can!). Anyways, I'm > > thinking of doing some Linux tutorials on tape for the locals... stuff > > like introductions to GNOME, KDE, some security stuff, etc. > > > > I don't think the camcorder matters too much (I'm not getting one of > > the really expensive ones with the firewire features), but the one I'm > > looking at (a Sony) does have S-Video support, so I'm thinking I may > > need a new video card. Of course, I could point the camcorder at the > > screen, but that doesn't appeal to me much. > > > > So my question is... is there a video card that works under Linux, > > with appropriate tools, to do something like taking full shots of the > > desktop, etc? I'm thinking of a TV card of some sort that has video > > out that can plug into the camcorder so I can record what the TV card > > is putting out. I'm not *too* concerned about video editing under > > Linux (although if there is software for this, so much the > > better)... my primary concern is video out to the camcorder. I know > > ATI puts some cards out (like the All in Wonder, etc.) but how are > > these under Linux? > > > > Any pointers would be sincerely appreciated. I suspect it would work > > the same way as hooking up the computer to the TV via the card and > > using a regular VHS to record the computer output. That's essentially > > what I'm looking for. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > MandrakeSoft Security, OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net > > 1024D/FE6F2AFD 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD > > > > Current Linux kernel 2.4.8-34.1mdk uptime: 10 days 17 hours 43 minutes.
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