Good TV/VHS card for Fedora Core?

[Axel Thimm]

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
> 
> 

-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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