<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">swede</b> <<a href="mailto:danyberg@gmail.com">danyberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:55:49 -0600<br>From: "Charlie O" <<a href="mailto:obelin23@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
obelin23@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: [tclug-list] transferring videocassettes to DVD with Linux<br>To: <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">tclug-list@mn-linux.org
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72278d10701250555i17bcb2d7ted2033ba4a6b4241@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>I want to set up my machine, to be able to transfer the videocassettes we<br>have on to DVD.
<br><br>I know I need a DVD-RW, and Linux should be able to handle that.<br><br>My question is, what kind(s) of video card with video input will work with<br>Linux?<br><br>And 2 side questions<br>- how much memory do I need to be able to do this?
<br>- is there anything else I need?<br><br>A video card that works with Windows2000 would also do, but I'd just as soon<br>use Linux.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Charlie<br>------------------------------</blockquote><div>
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</div><br></div>The only reason I keep an XP partition on this computer is for capturing video with my ATI AIW Radeon 7500. I understand some people have gotten this card to work properly with linux, I'm not one of them. Though I was mostly trying to get the TV tuner working using GATOS
<a href="http://gatos.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://gatos.sourceforge.net/</a> . The card works great in Windows, but only fair in linux. But it's also many years old now.
<br><br>Dave<br></blockquote></div><br>This is something that linux can very easily handle. It seems a bit of a mis-managmeent of resources to run a windows computer specificly for a task that can be completed easily and with better quality results in Linux.
<br><br><a href="http://www.pchdtv.com/">http://www.pchdtv.com/</a><br>$130 for the 5500 card. <br>When you're done ripping VHS tapes, you can use the card for a HDTV mythtv box.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>