[mythtv-users] Linux supported USB device?

[Marc Randolph]

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> Keith Lawson wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm looking for a USB capture card that will work well under Linux. Can
>> anyone suggest a device with S-video and composite (RCA) inputs that will
>> work with Myth to capture video from a VCR or DVD player?
>
> The Plextor PX-TV402U will do that, but I think only the mpeg4 modes are
> supported by Myth, even though the device itself will do mpeg2 as well.
>
> The unit has a tuner, but I tink there is a cheaper unit available
> without a tuner, if all you want to do is capture from a VCR or DVD player.

I've had no problems with the (very inexpensive) device that I have,
and I think it fits the bill exactly:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-PVR-USB2

   Marc