Michael Hieb writes: > Obviously I have been a dunce and bought the wrong card. What card do > people have working. All I want to do is plug in a Sony DVR (via > s-video) or the playback from a VCR, and capture the playback into an > MPEG file. I don't mind buying another if I can be reasonable sure this > will work. > > Also, how do you ascertain what tuner you are using, is it a chip on the > card or is it an external device that the card is connected to (e.g. the > digital cable boxes provided by the cable outfits in the US). In fact ho > do you confirm all the chip sets needed to determine which driver you > need. > > I know these are basic questions, buy I don't yet really get this > paradigm and it is silly to pretend I understand when I don't. > > Many thanks for the kind responses, I just need a few clues. > > Michael. > The kfir card by BMK works for sure. Have a look at http://www.linuxtv.org/mpeg2/kfir.xml and ask around on or have a look at the archives of the MPEG2 mailing list http://www.linuxtv.org/mailinglists/mpeg2/ Marcus -- /--------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Dr. Marcus O.C. Metzler | | |--------------------------------|-----------------------------------| | mocm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | http://www.metzlerbros.de/ | \--------------------------------------------------------------------/
