Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 11:44:00 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Cc: David Langford <langfod@dihelix.com>, multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video Capture for FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970306114022.2046Y-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199703050427.UAA01285@rah.star-gate.com>
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On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Amancio Hasty wrote: > first off they all are good cards. > > Some prefer the WinCast/TV because it has better drivers under Win95 than > STB PC TV. The Intel Smart Video Recorder has got to win the award > for the most minimal driver support -- no "pci to pci transfer" no > yuv12, no rgb15 , no rgb16, etc... Sometimes I ask myself how Intel > managed to write a functionable driver well I sort of know the origin > politics 8) Well, I took the plunge and bought the Hauppauge unit. Will the tuner work, or is it specific to the STB unit? > Steve Passe I believe has a head start in terms of providing tuner > support for his STB PC TV --- see http://freebsd.org/~fsmp/HomeAuto/Bt848.html Checking. > Intel Smart Video Recoder III around $179 > WinCastTV around $149 I found $139+shipping from PC Connection which is listed on Hauppauge's web site. And this is the dbx/Stereo unit! :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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