[PD] usb tv capture card on linux

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

Igor Medeiros wrote:
> i want to buy a usb device that can capture tv and can feed pd with
> live video for image processing with pd/pdp/pidip/pdp-freeframe, maybe
> gem.
> 
> i am planning to do it on linux.
> 
> can these externals works with 640x480? gem probably yes, but i don't
> know about pdp/pidip/pdp-freeeframe.
> 
> any suggestions?
> thx in advance

i know of no usb-capture _card_ that is supported by linux (but last 
time i looked is >1 year ago)

as long as your device is supported by video4linux you will be able to 
use it with pdp (and thus pidip)

Gem also supports ieee1394 (aka firewire) cards, but it is unlikely that 
any usb-device will be accessible via that interface (so no need to use Gem)

however, there are bridges between Gem and pdp so you can use output 
from one as input to the other (e.g. use ieee1393 devices with pdp or do 
video-streaming with Gem)

btw, there is also a pix_freeframe object

fmga.dr.
IOhannes


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