[ale] Video card for viewing cable

Stuffed Crust pizza at shaftnet.org
Thu Dec 28 09:29:20 EST 2000


On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 04:42:41PM +0000, Subba Rao wrote:
> I am new to the Video on Linux area. Is there an FAQ for this field?
> My plans on Linux is to add the capability to view video(VCR) and TV/cable.
> Is there a recommended Video card that I should invest in? What are the video   
> cards that I need to avoid? My current kernel is 2.2.16.

Any card with a Bt848/878 chipset (in other wordsm 95% of the TV cards
on the market) will work great.  I'd recommend you head to eBay and look
for a "STB TV PCI" -- there are usually 5-6 going at any one time, for
around $30-40.  They handle Stereo and FM broadcasts too, and work
wonderfully with the bttv drivers.

 - Pizza
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