> >>>>"I must keep an XP computer for certain applications"............ > >> [<Yigal>] I need to capture analog video........... > >> - I was sure it's obvious. Is there anything I can do now to use it > with > >> Fedora? > >> > >I am looking at a device as well and I have been looking at > > http://www.canopus.us/US/products/advc-100/pt_advc-100.asp > > > >I found a site that explains how to use this with Linux and Kino. It > >isn't USB but it is supposed to work. There is supposed to be one > >around work that I want to try. > >Robin Laing > > [<Yigal>].......... The main problem > is the capture of analog video (I think DV devices connect directly to > USB or FW) - and this is the case where the OS is tested. Once I have to > use XP to capture - I better stay and edit the video there. > I wonder: if you buy that device- how can you be sure that it will work > with the so many Linux flavors and with the future ones to come? > I own one of these devices and it works well. I use it for eporting rough edits to a client's laptop. The device itself is not OS dependent. Analog goes in, firewire comes out. As long as you have a way of capturing via a firewire port, you are in business. b
