USB Video Capture device for Gnu/Linux with Free Drivers
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Hello Everyone,
I few months ago I bought an Easycap that allows to video record using the "normal" Yellow White and Red cables from the old consoles and DVD players. The problem was that the version I bought is the only that doesn't work under Gnu/Linux (what a luck). And I don't want to buy another one with the risk that it wouldn't work (again!).
So my question is. Do anyone know a good place where I could buy the original or another USB (if possible) Video Capture device that would work with Free Drivers (and by that I mean working mainly with Trisquel Gnu/Linux) ?
Thank you in advance.
Trisquel like Ubuntu has UVC drivers inside, so pick the capture device from the list of supported devices here and it should work:
http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/
But remember there is still no 100% guarantee that it will work on your machine.
For example, I has a UVC compatible webcam but it won't work on my home pc because of a bug in USB host controller in linux kernel. But on the other machine with the same version of linux kernel it works because it has different motherboard.
Thank you for the information. The problem is that I only see webcams on the list :S.. And I was looking into a capture device that would record directly TV or Gaming Console using the cables (that I don't remember the name but are Red Yellow and White).
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UVC is for web cams. There is a USB solution that may work with support for ATSC and DVB-T (the two standards in use today). I have to work on it a bit more although I believe it should generically work out of the box. There is still some basic info required to use it (software to install, etc). I believe this is the only device that will work in North America that is free software friendly. There may be a few different USB options for DVB-T (Europe) that are free software friendly.
I have a few devices here with different chips. Will report back on the world-wide option when I have more info. If your interested in testing the DVB-T USB adapter (Europe) contact me.
Just by curiosity, would those devices work here in Europe ? I mean as far as I know here we also use the DVB-T (with h264 for video enconding) but each country may have his own specific frequency.. I know this because a device supporting the french TNT (Television National Terrestre) doesn't work in Portugal where the TDT is in place (I already had to replace a TV because of this).
I would be glad to test one if possible. I will contact you by PM.
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The devices are generally designed to work in certain regions. I believe the DVB-T USB card will work in most of Europe. The US and a few other countries (probably Canada and maybe Japan, South Korea, etc) will use the ATSC standard. This is an unusual device as it supports both ATSC AND DVB-T using two chips within the card. I'm not sure which countries work though without looking up the info. There may also be frequency restrictions in place in the firmware/software even where it is using DVB-T. There are various factors at play.
This device for example that I'm testing right now doesn't work within Europe in Microsoft Windows unless you get the "European" version. It's an artificial restriction in the software. In GNU/Linux though it works in either place. The weird part about that is it has both chips in the device so I would have thought it would have been more expensive to manufacture. Apparently not. I'm not sure what the point of them doing it this way was. It may be at some level it was cheaper.
Maybe by producing the 2 chips in one device, they can simply produce in high quantity (to reply to every demand all over the world) and just send for the interested at low costs. And all this with the possibility for the person that have one to travel and still have it working. The software restriction may be a law "restriction feature" no ? I am thinking this because, as I said, the DVB-T if I'm not wrong (at least here in Portugal true) it works using the h264 protocol, and not everyone is allowed to use it on their devices and not every country allows it the same way. But I can be wrong
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