[KLUG Members] Re: Slow graphics -- add-on video capture w/hardware MJPEG codec

[Bryan J. Smith]

Rusty Yonkers wrote:
> I am now looking for a 3d accelerated card that will support
> video in and out as well so that I can once again play games
> like tux racer.  I looked a little at the Hauppage cards but
> not sure if they will work with Linux.  I may have to use
> two different machines, one for video editing and one for 3d
> games but I would rather not.

I would.  Some of them feature hardware MJPEG capture for true,
no-frame-loss 30fps @ 704x480 (NTSC).  A couple of the Pinnacle Micro
PCI cards work well with Linux using MJPEG capture c/o an on-board Zoran
codec.  I believe the "DV10" product has it (?).

Otherwise, the last "all-in-one" model I ever used that worked in Linux
was the Matrox Marvel G400-TV.  The G400 is "behind the times" on 3D,
but the MJPEG capture uses the same Zoran codec.  You can still find
them on PriceWatch.COM.

You can also check out the discontinued IOMega Buz, usually found on
eBay for cheap.  It too has the same Zoran MJPEG codec.  Under Windows,
compatibility was crap because of the closed source drivers and various
issues, but under Linux, it is much more compatible.

-- Bryan

P.S.  I never liked the ATI capture cards.  Still using a software-based
capture implementation.  BTW, don't confuse "MPEG-2 output 'motion
compensation'" with MPEG-2 capture -- the former doesn't help the latter
at all.

-- 
Bryan J. Smith, Engineer          mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org
AbsoluteValue Systems, Inc.       http://www.linux-wlan.org
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