Ben, I'm not sure if Linux drivers are availble or not, but there is a product from Nogatech called the Notebook TV which is a PCMCIA tuner. The main module sits outside the PC Card, but this may be an option for you. Try www.necx.com, they carry it for about $250. Regards, Jason Cohen Ben Bay wrote: > > 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" to> Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org -- ~`~`^~'~^`~^~`~^`~'~`^`~'^`~`^` tear here ~^'`~^`~^~`'^~`~'^`~^~'^~`'~`'~ Jason Cohen, AMES |-O-| :=O=: (=O=o=) mailto:
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