On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 09:47:39AM +0100, dondi_2006 wrote:
Hello,
I have a microatx PC with on board graphics more than adequate for my needs. The only thing I want to add now is a TV capture card to encode and copy on DVD my home videos from a VHS VCR.
I *might*, some time in the future, use the same box for recording analog and satellite TV shows, but that is quite unlikely, so it's not required. Right now, all I need is a card that gives no trouble with Fedora, has coax or SCART input and HW (PAL) video encoding to copy my movies faster.
I have already made a bit of research. The three models below seems the easiest to buy around here, and OK with Linux, but I'd really appreciate your opinion (quality, ease of use, best Fedora driver support, anything) or suggestions for other models of course:
Hauppage Win-TV PVR 250
Take the PVR 150, it's cheaper and of better quality (comb filter). You can find the driver at http://ATrpms.net/name/ivtv/ or use apt/yum/smart with e.g.
yum install ivtv-kmdl-`uname -r` ivtv
Sapphire Theatrix 550 pro Sapphire Theatrix 300
Thanks in advance for any feedback,
Webber