On 05/20/11 18:11, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 05/20/2011 07:56 PM, JD wrote: >> On 05/20/11 16:43, Dennis Kaptain wrote: >>> I want to convert my analog VCR tapes and analog Camcorder video to digital >>> I plan on purchasing a BT878 card as below. >>> http://cgi.ebay.com/PixelView-PV-BT878P-REV-10B-TV-TUNER-/260776721005?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb780fa6d >> I do not have experience with this card. >> I do have experience with an ATI Radeon PCI card >> which had a TV tuner. The input to the card was via >> a little box you could hold in the palm of your hand, >> and it converted the coax cable signal to an audio/video >> composite, which I plugged into the card's composite >> input port. >> But I can tell you it is a CPU killer to do conversion >> to digital on demand, and will quickly fill up many >> gigabytes per movie - like 8 to 12 GB. > You are looking at the wrong thing. Look for a Hauppague PVR-350 (or a > 150, 250, or 500). They have hardware MPEG (MP2) encoders on them and > produce .mpg files for you. They support input from both f-connector > (via the analog tuner) and composite video (yellow RCA plug). Your CPU > spends little time on the encoding because the board is doing all the > work. The problem here is you won't find them retail anymore because of > the big Digital conversion that just happened. You might be able to > find them on E-Bay though. I have one in my server. They use the IVTV > driver in the Linux Kernel so they are supported natively. They used to > be the cards of choice in the US of A for MythTV back in the days before > ATSC. There are also a slew of ATSC capture cards that also do analog > capture (but you need to read the fine print for their Linux support). > > What do you think of this hauppague gizmo? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4146200 I have lot's of 8mm video tapes (which I can still play through the camera), and old fashioned VHS tapes which I can play through the VCR tape player. These I have relegated to the bin because we have a digital pvr hooked to the TV set and is built-in to the Uverse service. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
