[LAU] Video capture

[Bob van der Poel]

Just to delve a bit deeper ... has anyone used a Hauppauge USB-Live-2
on linux and had it work? I don't mind spending the $45 on amazon if
it'll work :)


On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Bob van der Poel <bob at mellowood.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 6:16 AM, Neil C Smith
> <neilcsmith.net at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I bought three of these recently for a project -
>> http://www.camsecure.co.uk/Camsecure_usb_video.html  We were using two
>> at a time, and they worked great with Ubuntu 12.04.  They use a lot of
>> USB bandwidth though - needs a bus to itself really.  Even trying to
>> copy to a flash drive at the same time stopped the stream.  The other
>> issue is the amount of stuff that uses the EasyCap or EZCap name -
>> worth finding a distributor who advertises Linux compatibility like
>> this if you can.
>
> Yes. Thank you.
>
> I see that the link you provided is for a EasyCap device. I was
> looking at these, but stopped when I read about some working and other
> not working with Linux since it appears that there are a lot of
> different units sold under the same name.
>
> I'll have to do some more searching. I'm not excited about ordering
> from your side of the pond :)
>
> Best,
>
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