I'm looking for a PCMCIA TV tuner card that would work with one of the available Linux video systems (bttv, V4L, etc.) or under SANE. I've dug around and only come up with the IBM Smart Capture card, which I think only does capture, but doesn't tune (forgive me if I'm talking out my arse) and, of course, is only available in Japan. My other option involves the parallel port, one of those pport frame grabbers and some kind of tuner module, but I'd very much like to avoid that. The objective here is to view the output (as close to real time as feasible) from a small camera. The camera unit is usually worn, but can be detached from the main unit and placed a short distance away (like 100ft). This is done with a low power TV transmitter. The main unit at this stage is a Toshiba Libretto 110ct, hence my interest in the PCMCIA devices (type 2 is preferred, type 3 would be acceptable). We do intend to move to PC-104, but that would be somewhat of a strain on our budget at this point. I'd appreciate any experiences anyone has in this area. -Ben Bay -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org
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