[CS-FSLUG] video capture

[Timothy R. Butler]

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> The TV tuner/recorder card is the project I finally gave up on after 
> numerous failed attempts.  Never could get audio/video to stay in sync 
> on either Linux or WinXP.

	It sounded like your issue was with the ATI one, though, right? From 
what I've read there are others that sound much better. I was looking 
into buying one last year, so I did a bunch of research on the matter. 
I think if you get one with a good MPEG encoder, it should get an 
audio/video stream sent together (and sync'ed) to your computer, but 
I'm not absolutely positive.

>> If you have access to a Mac, it's stunningly simple.
>
> I was thinking about going to a MAC when a MAC user suggested the DV 
> camera option.  I don't have access to either at the moment.  I might 
> be able to borrow a DV camera to test the process; otherwise, a camera 
> is cheaper than a MAC, so I was hoping to get confirmation that 
> someone got it working before I bought one.

	Well, I have a DV camera, but not a fancy one. I haven't seen one that 
can do "pass through" video from a VCR to a computer, but I'm sure such 
beasts do exist. Although, I do wonder if one of those would actually 
be available for a decent price...

	-Tim

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