[mythtv-users] Do I need a capture card?

[Cory Papenfuss]

 	I have a GF2-MX400 nvidia card that is "supported" by rivatv.  I 
have tried it, made it work, discovered that the capture quality on the 
card is complete and total crap.  Some might be better/acceptable and you 
may find that it will work fine for you.  I was horribly underwhelmed with 
mine, the driver was buggy/flaky, and for my card the quality wasn't worth 
the effort.  Even the cheapest ($15) bttv-based card had better quality 
and was *MUCH* better supported.

 	Have fun!  :)

-Cory


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* Cory Papenfuss							*
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 			*
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On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, flurdy wrote:

> Seems rivatv is what I am looking for.
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> http://rivatv.sourceforge.net/
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> On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:48:36 -0800, nate s <nate.strickland at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> That should work just fine, except it is unlikely your gfx card's
>> video in is supported in linux.  If it is (ie, if you can get it to
>> work as a V4L device,) then you should be fine
>>
>> -Nate
>
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