From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 2 16:36:49 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D966E16A41C for ; Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:36:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ola.theander@otsystem.com) Received: from mail.otsystem.com (c213-89-1-74.cm-upc.chello.se [213.89.1.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E77F43D1D for ; Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:36:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ola.theander@otsystem.com) Received: (qmail 5024 invoked from network); 2 Jul 2005 18:38:08 +0200 Received: from c213-89-1-77.cm-upc.chello.se (HELO c0003) (213.89.1.77) by 0 (qmail 1.03 + ejcp) with SMTP; 2 Jul 2005 18:38:08 +0200 From: "Ola Theander" To: Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 18:36:44 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Thread-Index: AcV/JBVDe2Nht42bQyqCDsH/vwrBcw== Message-Id: <20050702163647.1E77F43D1D@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Subject: Looking for Mini-ATX board with good video grabbing performance? X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 16:36:50 -0000 Dear subscribers I'm currently working on a video recording device for one of my customers. The basic task is to have a fiber optic camera with a composite video output connected to the recording device which grabs and stores the output of the camera. My idea is to use a mini-ATX motherboard and a touch sensitive TFT-screen all wrapped up in a custom made boxing. So far I have used the Lex MV823A motherboard (http://www.lex.com.tw), equipped with a Philips SAA7113H, but I've got some indications that maybe the performance of this card, regarding it's video grabbing performance, isn't good enough. Therefore I hope that maybe I can get some suggestions of hardware with better performance. It's possible to consider a solution with a dedicated video grabbing card and a mini-ATX board without grabbing abilities assuming that it remains physically compact. The solution should be carried around so it should be as light and compact as possible. Another request is that the hardware should have god support in Linux or FreeBSD (or another free OS). Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Ola Theander