Hi.
I'm looking for a
video-in / tv tuner solution for my laptop. My top find as far as
affordability, features and availability in my country is concerned, is the LifeView
FlyTv-USB2. I either want to be sure that this product will work with
Linux or find another option which I'll have to have shipped from
overseas. (Hauppage WinTV USB lacks features and is not easily available,
Pinnacle PCTV is a bit expensive).
I wrote to LifeView
tech support; they have no Linux drivers but did let on that the FlyTV-USB2 uses
the Phillips
SAA7113 chipset (didn't say which revision). The best I can find
for this on the 'net is that there is a SAA7113 driver in the usbvision project,
and the following seemingly contradictory report in the SAA7113
page:
- So you don't need a driver for the saa711x, but a driver for you graphic adapter that supports the video-in / video-out capabilities. So you should concentrate on finding a driver for that thing first. My driver (and I) cannot help you here! Unfortunately, most firms don't release data sheets for their products into public. But without details about the chipsets and how they are wired together, you are simply out of luck.
I haven't bought the
thing yet so I can't really screw around with various options. Does anyone
have any experience with this card, other cards with this chipset, or other
decent USB options (that are USB2, stereo, MPEG encoding, etc.)? Or does
anyone have any helpful information for me in this regard?
Thanks,
Gadi
| Gadi
Cohen Habonim Dror Southern Africa National Youth Worker and Webmaster |
גדי כהן הבונים דרור דרום אפריקה עובד נוער ארצי ומומחה רשת |
