Re: Hauppauge WinTV usb 1 not working?

[Kaya Saman <SamanKaya@netscape.net>]

I can indeed confirm what you are seeing. I tried out the device a
> few months ago and hit the same results. The maximum capture
> resolution is 320x200 so it won't work for tvtime, and I did hit
> intermittent segfaults with other apps.
>
> Note that zapping will not work since the device does not have an
> onboard tuner.  It only has composite and s-video inputs.
>
> The chipset in question does have support for 640x480, but the driver
> never had the support added.  The device is pretty ancient so I didn't
> have the time to invest in cleaning up all the bugs I found (and newer
> USB2 based devices are so cheap I didn't think it was worth the
> effort).
>
> Devin
>
>   
Hmm, ok that makes sense.

When you say that the device doesn't have an onboard tuner you mean that 
the machine that it's attached to does the tuning? My card has S-Video, 
RCA and Co-Ax inputs....

I think to be honest about the newer models that they are priced 
similarly?? I just checked dabs.com since I am in UK and they are round 
£50-70 which is what I paid for mine, although the £75 I did pay was 
only because I got it at the very expensive shop on my university campus 
back then!

Kaya