Re: Analog video capture

2011-05-23 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
| From: Rick Stevens | | On 05/21/2011 07:57 AM, JD wrote: | > On 05/20/11 23:11, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: | >> On 05/20/2011 11:12 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: | >>> JD writes: | What do you think of this hauppague gizmo? | | http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-det

Re: Analog video capture

2011-05-23 Thread JD
On 05/23/11 09:22, Rick Stevens wrote: > Might I suggest this product: > > http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/ Found it on Ebay for about $160. But my laptop has no USB3 and no hdmi :( My pcmcia slot is occupied by a card with 2 eSATAii ports for my external esata drives. Th

Re: Analog video capture

2011-05-23 Thread Rick Stevens
On 05/21/2011 07:57 AM, JD wrote: > On 05/20/11 23:11, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: >> On 05/20/2011 11:12 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: >>> JD writes: What do you think of this hauppague gizmo? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4146200 >>> I have the HD

Re: Analog video capture

2011-05-22 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2011-05-21 at 13:45 -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote: > I second what someone else said on this thread, you want a digitizer > card with a hardware mpeg2 encoder (there´s some with mpeg4, too, but > mpeg2 is good enough). That saves CPU cyclles and you end up with a > .mpg file with a decent si

Re: Analog video capture

2011-05-21 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 23:28, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > and that MediaConvert program is probably Windows only.  But, then > again, if you can figure out what it is producing for output, ffmpeg > will usually have a way to convert it into something you can use, though > usually at the expense of

Re: Analog video capture

2011-05-21 Thread JD
On 05/20/11 23:11, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 05/20/2011 11:12 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: >> JD writes: >>> What do you think of this hauppague gizmo? >>> >>> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4146200 >> I have the HD-PVR and use it on Fedora 14 with VLC (hig

Re: Analog video capture

2011-05-20 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 05/20/2011 11:12 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > > JD writes: >> What do you think of this hauppague gizmo? >> >> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4146200 > > I have the HD-PVR and use it on Fedora 14 with VLC (high-def TV in a > window! Watching AMCHD at th

Re: Analog video capture

2011-05-20 Thread JD
On 05/20/11 20:12, DJ Delorie wrote: > JD writes: >> What do you think of this hauppague gizmo? >> >> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4146200 > I have the HD-PVR and use it on Fedora 14 with VLC (high-def TV in a > window! Watching AMCHD at the moment :)

Re: Analog video capture

2011-05-20 Thread DJ Delorie
JD writes: > What do you think of this hauppague gizmo? > > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4146200 I have the HD-PVR and use it on Fedora 14 with VLC (high-def TV in a window! Watching AMCHD at the moment :). Capturing streaming video to disk is as s

Re: Analog video capture

2011-05-20 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 05/20/2011 10:41 PM, JD wrote: > That is very good info. I am now very curious about your > MythArchive script. > Would you be able to share it? It is a part of MythTV It takes recordings (.mpg for me) and can produce a mastered DVD as one of its options. A while back, I recorded all of the

Re: Analog video capture

2011-05-20 Thread JD
On 05/20/11 19:28, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 05/20/2011 09:39 PM, JD wrote: >> What do you think of this hauppague gizmo? >> >> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4146200 > I have no opinion of this device, personally. I would worry about the > part whic

Re: Analog video capture

2011-05-20 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 05/20/2011 09:39 PM, JD wrote: > What do you think of this hauppague gizmo? > > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4146200 I have no opinion of this device, personally. I would worry about the part which says: > Any other format conversions needs to be

Re: Analog video capture

2011-05-20 Thread JD
On 05/20/11 18:11, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 05/20/2011 07:56 PM, JD wrote: >> On 05/20/11 16:43, 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

Re: Analog video capture

2011-05-20 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 05/20/2011 07:56 PM, JD wrote: > On 05/20/11 16:43, 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&

Re: Analog video capture

2011-05-20 Thread JD
On 05/20/11 16:43, 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 t

Analog video capture

2011-05-20 Thread Dennis Kaptain
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