Will USB tv card work?

neranjana · 03-25-2005, 11:33 PM

Hi

I want to convert some old VHS video to digital form. The cheapest way seems to be to get a TV card. I have a notebook so the best would be to buy a USB TV card or what ever you call it. I read this article on linuxquestions http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...icle&artid=278
which sees to be quite simple. I suppose this is about plugging in TV cards to the motherboard isn't it? Would a USB TV device work the same way? I use Mandrake 10.0. Has anybody used a USB TV card successfully?

Thanks

Neranjana

neranjana · 03-26-2005, 03:48 AM

One more thing,
most tv cards come with a remote controller. Do they work with Linux ore are they completely useless under Linux?

Thanks

Neranjana

pe2338 · 03-26-2005, 04:23 AM

I am not sure about it, but I guess you want to play it safe and use a regular tv-card. cx88 based cards are supported and are pretty good, but over USB, I sincerely doubt it.

Sorry to bring you the bad news.

nirj · 03-26-2005, 09:43 AM

A USB TV Card sounds sloowwww. Then again it does kinda seem like your only option, unless they've developed PCMCIA TV Cards. The remote may work, but I have this intuition that it might not. If it doesn't, perhaps someone has written a driver for it?