I have an ATI All-in-Wonder 128 Pro card. I wonder what the differences are that make yours work with bttv while mine doesn't. I have Red Hat 7.1 with kernel 2.4.2-2. Is that too old? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Sanders" <mailshots@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 6:27 AM Subject: Success Story (with prices) > Hi all, > > I've been lurking on this mailing list now for a couple of months, hearing about all the problems people have been having with their various hardware and how it all got fixed (or not). I learnt a lot about how to fix all sorts of problems from all you learned people. > > This weekend I took the plunge: > ATI TV wonder VE (GBP25) > own brand ATI rage 128 based video card with TV-out (GBP20) > Redhat 7.3 (FREE) > quarter gig of DDR (GBP35) > ECS K7S5A (SIS735 based) (GBP50) > Athlon XP 1600+ (GBP50) > had the other bits lying around (FREE) > ( GBP180 = $270 ) > > Redhat (most of it!) took 17 minutes to install (fast disk) (!) > I logged in, called up a command window and for laugh typed 'xawtv &'. > I expected loads of errors, but got exactly none. > I didn't do a modprobe or anything. > xawtv told me that it had no config file and still worked beautifully. > I tuned in the channels and saved the .xawtv file. > I was watching TV *30 minutes* from starting with a clean box. > Wow ! Don't believe all those horror stories. > > As a word of warning, the ATI TV wonder VE windows software is terrible. (if you really want to capture under Windows, VirtualDub is the business - although you'll still have to use the wretched ATI software to change channel - bleaugh !) > > I bought the new motherboard, processor and memory for the next stage. > Now I need to get ffmpeg and a few codecs and see what this baby can really do ! > Anyone got any comments on codecs to use? The first level of quality required is to replace a VHS video recorder recording on long play. > > Lee Sanders. > > _____________________________________________________________ > Compupower Systems - Harness the power ! > > _____________________________________________________________ > Promote your group and strengthen ties to your members with email@xxxxxxxxxxxxx by Everyone.net http://www.everyone.net/?btn=tag > > > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list
