Very Computer

Check out
http://www.ati.com/na/pages/resource_centre/dev_rel/linux.html

----------
http://www.pc-tools.net/
DOS, Win32, Linux software

Stay away from ATI.  The "ATI-TV Wonder" is the single worst expansion
card I have _ever_ used.  There were no Windows 2000 or NT drivers;
the Windows 95/98 drivers were literally buggy to the point of being
unusable; the "fixed drivers" ATI released over a year and a half
later were actually _worse_; for some inexplicable reason, the Linux
bt848 (or whatever) drivers don't work with the card, even though it
actually is a bt848.

That dismal experience has guaranteed that I will never, ever buy
another ATI product.  I sold the card for $50, and the only good thing
I can say about the card is that it has pretty good resale value.

--

Hi.
AFAIK...  That is a driver problem.  At least, Hauppauge WinTV series have
Win2K driver.
Using this driver on other TV tuner also enables Win2K support (TV function
will be disabled in this way).

About the Linux driver, I have heard Linux kernel includes WinTV support.  I
don't use Linux, so no way to confirm.
(Probably other TV tuners can be supported as well?)

So, for these, probably WinTV is the one for you...

K.S.

Quote:> If you know of any decent TV/Video Capture card that supports EITHER
> Win2k or Linux, please let me know. (I expect that most people would not
> know a card that supports both just because they do not deal with the
> two operating systems. So please let me know the cards that support
> one of them).

> --
> ***********************************************************************
>            Do your algebra homework at http://www.algebra.com
> Solve: x^2+4x+3=0     Plot: y=3*sin(x^2)   Ask Questions  Word Problems
>                            http://www.algebra.com
> ***********************************************************************

On 14 Oct 2000 14:36:36 -0400,

Unfortunate to hear when I was contemplating purchasing that card. What would
make a good alternative?

--
1 out of 6,000,000,000 CAN be wrong!

I like the Hauppauge card. It runs fine in Windows 2000.

Not many bells and whistles in the software as in no scheduled digital
recordings, though. And you have to bring your own codec (I like PicVideo's
MJPEG free for registering one).

640x480 is the maximum I can get out of it, but the drivers are rock solid on
either an Intel chipset MB or a VIA based one.

Quote:> If you know of any decent TV/Video Capture card that supports EITHER
> Win2k or Linux, please let me know. (I expect that most people would not
> know a card that supports both just because they do not deal with the
> two operating systems. So please let me know the cards that support
> one of them).

> --
> ***********************************************************************
>            Do your algebra homework at http://www.algebra.com
> Solve: x^2+4x+3=0     Plot: y=3*sin(x^2)   Ask Questions  Word Problems
>                            http://www.algebra.com
> ***********************************************************************

I bought an ATI Wonder VE and it has a bt848 chip which bttv knows.
The tuner works and the video input works after I fiddled with the module.conf
file.  But no sound yet.  Search www.freshmeat.net for bttv and xawtv and then
find their supported card lists.