TV card - tuner (not dvb)

[Matan Ziv-Av]

On Mon, 7 May 2012, Shlomo Solomon wrote:

> My computer is dying. For reasons not relevant to this post I'm sure it's a
> hardware problem, so I'll probably be buying a new one.
>
> I have a generic SAA7130 PCI TV card that has worked for years. It's connected
> to the analogue output of a YES "MEMIR" (and before that to HOT). I use tvtime
> (and sometimes xawtv)  as my TV viewer.
>
> Unfortunately, new computers no longer have PCI slots, so I'll need a new card
> (or more probably a USB dongle). I've Googled for recommendations, but haven't
> really found a solution. Does anyone on the list have a working solution to
> suggest? My needs are simple. I just want to connect to my "MEMIR" and watch
> TV in a window, while using the computer for writing, browsing, etc. The
> possibility to record TV programs would be nice, but is NOT essential.

I bought about a year ago the chepest such device that is available on 
ebay. The one I bought looks exactly like this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EasyCap-USB-2-0-Video-TV-DVD-VHS-Audio-Capture-Adapter-for-Windows-vista-win-7-/330726120826?pt=US_Video_Capture_TV_Tuner_Cards&hash=item4d00d01d7a

And works with linux. It is of course a bet, because a new one might use 
another chipset which does not work in Linux. You can buy from an 
Israeli site for at least twice the price if you care for faster 
shipping. You can probably also buy it from a local shop (for quadruple 
the price), with a pre-arrangement that you may return the device if it 
does not work in Linux.


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Matan Ziv-Av.                         matan at svgalib.org