[ale] USB video capture devices that work for Linux

[DJ-Pfulio]

On 07/16/2017 07:15 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
> On 2017-07-16 12:35, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
>>
>>>> Just get the newer version of the Hauppauge 950Q.  That chip is well
>>>> supported by V4L2. Should be about $35 for a no-name version or $60 for
>>>> the real stuff - think they sell it via eglato for Apple people.
>>>
>>> The 950 is a tuner device (at least the USB one which is a 955Q) but I
>>> actually need one that can take a composite video input from a camera.
>>
>> It isn't just a tuner.  It has other inputs.
> 
> So it does, but I had to find the manual from another website just to
> figure that out.  Hauppauge's website doesn't make it clear that there's
> an A/V input in addition to the tuner.  

The 950Q uses a funky, tiny, proprietary, adapter sorta like a microUSB,
but not, for those other inputs. And the 950Q gets VERY hot when used.

OTOH, the plextor doesn't.