Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:05:26 +0200 From: Danny Pansters <danny@ricin.com> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCI Video Capture Cards w/Tuner & FM Recommendations Message-ID: <200604250005.26800.danny@ricin.com> In-Reply-To: <20060424104055.6f2cd688.steve@sohara.org> References: <444B05AB.7020001@gti.net> <20060424104055.6f2cd688.steve@sohara.org>
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On Monday 24 April 2006 11:40, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 00:42:19 -0400 > > Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net> wrote: > > So far, most, if not all, of the cards recommended in the bktr(4) man > > page point to Windows as the "required" OS. > > The only reason for this is the supplied software, there are two > things to worry about with video cards. For bktr it must be a Brooktree or > Connexant (they took over the product) 848 or 878 device (878 is far more > common). Be warned that there are boxes aroound that say there is an 878 > inside which have something else on the board (I was bitten this way). The > other issue is the tuner and it is *very* hard to find out what the tuner > is on many boards and manufacturers have a bad habit of changing them > without notice. All that being said if you can find a board with an 878 and > a supported tuner then they work well under FreeBSD. The bottom line is > make sure you can take it back if it doesn't work for you. > > The other option is a PVR250/350 - check the mailing list archives > about these. Another option is Philips SAA713x based cards, with the driver from purpe.com. The tuning works completely with i2c and so all the usual tuner types are supported. These cards seem to be very common (AverMedia etc) and may be more prevalent than bt8x8 these days. I'm using one now (with kbtv). Dan
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