> first things first though (appologies if you've already tried this): do > you get a picture when connecting the camera directly to a composite video > monitor or a VCR? Does the bttv card work with a color camera? if I connect the camera to tv i get no picture at all. if I connect it to bttv I don't get image. if I connect color camera to bttv it works fine. dunno what to do next. > > are bttv cards capable of processing signal in EIA standard > > (whatever that means). I tried to setup bttv chip even into > > raw mode, but couldn't get any sort of signal output. (I tried > > it over RCA video input). > > > > the cam in question is : > > http://www.groupm7.net/csispeco/product.asp?P=284 > > Looks like it should work fine. > > "EIA" there simply means 1-volt standard > video, with negative sync - essentialy the black&white north american > 525/60 standard before NTSC color was added. I suppose its conceivable > that the Bt chip doesn't like true black & white video (no colorburst, > 60Hz instead of 59.94Hz field rate, 15.75KHz instead of 15.734Khz line > rate). But I'm sure I've heard of folks using B&W cameras with bttv > cardsfor security applications. -- Adam http://www.eax.com The Supreme Headquarters of the 32 bit registers
