Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 20:27:04 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: "David Langford" <langfod@dihelix.com> Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video Capture for FreeBSD Message-ID: <199703050427.UAA01285@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 04 Mar 1997 18:01:10 -1000." <199703050401.SAA16536@caliban.dihelix.com>
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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) The Intel Smart Video Recorder III has a minimal hardware implementation it just has a single Bt848 chipset. WinCastTV and STB PC TV both incorporate tv tunner circuitry and cost less than the Intel Smart Video Recorder III. 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 We should probably use his web page for on-going experimental work coordination for the Bt848 driver and related efforts.You see I am a consultant and I don't have a lot of time to devote to coordination efforts for instance my current contract is in San Diego and I live in San Francisco. And is starting to look like pretty soon I better check-in the driver so you guys can go nuts with it 8) Here is a listing of street prices: Intel Smart Video Recoder III around $179 WinCastTV around $149 STB PC TV around $149 I wish I had a WinCast/TV however I must confess that to start writing a Bt848 driver from scratch the Intel card was not a bad deal since the card all it has is a Bt848. Hope this helps, Amancio >From The Desk Of "David Langford" : > Doug White > >On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Amancio Hasty wrote: > > > >> > >> The latest Bt848 device driver supports the following cards: > >> > >> o WinCast/TV > >> o STB PC TV > >> o Intel Smart Video Recorder III > > Would anyone mind doing a review of these cards versus eachother? > > So this makes the current (on market) FreeBSD capture cards up to > five???? (Matrox Meteor and Onmimedia) > > Still need to figure out if my Matrox will work with this setup. > Has anyone figure out if the new ATI super-jesus 3D card will > be supported by any of the X's? > > > Most cool... > > -David Langford > langfod@dihelix.com >
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