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Date:      Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:52:55 +0200
From:      "Frederic Chardon" <chardon.frederic@gmail.com>
To:        "Tom Evans" <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: TV Tuner cardbus
Message-ID:  <8e73e8440806132352t669992e3r13aa38bb67b70d4c@mail.gmail.com>
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2008/6/13 Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>:

>
> On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 13:41 +0200, Frederic Chardon wrote:
> > Hello the list!
> >
> > I want to buy a TV tuner for my laptop to have a simple S-video input.
> After
> > some googling it appears it is not so simple...
> > Does the chipset PHILIPS SAA7134 is supported or still not? I ask before
> it
> > seems much more common than the bt8xx. As the manufacturers rarely say
> what
> > type of chipset is included on the card, is there a kind of list
> somewhere?
> > Can someone share his/her experience with such things and know some cards
> > that Just Work?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Frederic
>
> Hi Frederic. The kbtv2 port has included a driver for SAA713x based
> boards, but only for a few cards, and (iirc) only for composite capture.
> Since thats what you want, it may work out ok. Buy the card locally, and
> ask if you can take it back if it doesn't work...
>
> Tom


Thanks Tom, I will give it a try :-) It looks very promising

Frederic



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