On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 01:54:29PM +0000, Stephen wrote:
| On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 01:23:50PM +0000, Frank Boehme wrote:
| > Also, programs which are meant for "educational purpose only" require a
| > BT878 or BT848 grabber chip.
That _really_ sounds like a euphemism for something else.
| aldi.co.uk have one for 29.99 sterling that appears to be a Tevion Xpert
| TV7134
Which seems to imply it uses the Philips SAA7134. It should probably be
noted that the saa7134 is New! and Exciting! which means that experience
with it under Linux can be mixed. Under kernel 2.4, with the current
v4l2 snapshot, getting it to output through the line interface was a
bit hit and miss, however user kernel 2.6.3 it's all better now.
Paul
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