[KLUG Members] more on 8mm transfer

[Adam Williams]

>I found another web site that sells the Ambico
>transfer unit.  The home page is
>http://www.porters.com and they list the unit for $95
>plus shipping.  It looks like it might be even better
>than the one I have.  Hmmmm thoughts of a cool home
>business forming here ;-).
>Just need to get this ATI card working for video
>capture etc now.  Maybe I will work on that a little
>this weekend.  Could be fun.  Have to get new Internet
>firewall working first or family will string me up
>though.  The work never ends.

I've fiddled with two video capture cards and both worked out of the box
(they were based on the BTsomething chipset).  Find the Video for Linux
(V4L) webpage and see if your card is listed.  If it is then any modern
distro should work pretty much out-of-the-box.