[Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > On Monday 21 July 2003 13:06, Trey Waters wrote: > > I've found a few cards based off the BT878A chipset, and it looks like > > they should be supported ok as far as the driver goes, but I'm skeptical > > on whether or not each port will have its own /dev/videoN interface. I've > > tried searching for more info, but can't find any. > > On my Linux Media Labs LMLBTM44's all four 878's show up as a separate > /dev/videoN. So you get (with no other video devices) /dev/video0 through > video3. I have the same card here. I'm writing a front end DVR (for security - based on "motion") for a small company. It's actually a pretty nice card, but wouldn't work very well for a Tivo type system (no tuner). Video devices are split up like Lamar said.. /dev/videoN (0-3). I've used port 0 and 1 with full motion (at 352x288 and 640x480) with no problems. I'm using the 2.4.20 kernel (without the Linux Media drivers). Another nice thing about this setup, though I have not tested it, while "motion" (motion.sf.net) is using /dev/video0 and /dev/video1, I _think_ I can use port 2 and 3 with other applications without interfering with motion (ie - not conflicting - device busy.. etc). If I'm right, this would make it nice for converting home VCR format movies... and keeping the "security system" up. I haven't gotten audio to work with the card (though, i haven't tried to hard either). It's a nice video card. It's a little high priced, but it's made very well (the design, layout, etc). It's based on the BT878, so you'll need a decent CPU and I/O with that many video ports. - Champ Clark Oh yeah.. I had much better luck using the standard kernel, and a non-patched "motion"..
