[ale] USB video capture devices that work for Linux

[Alex Carver]

On 2017-07-16 22:44, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> 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.

I've seen the adapter on some other devices like the Adaptec I have.  I
just didn't see it in the basic blurb that Hauppauge had as they were
primarily touting its NTSC and ATSC tuning abilities.

As for getting hot, that's not too much of a problem in the lab.  I've
got plenty of liquid nitrogen available if needed. ;)