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Re: How to capture composite video

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Charlie Gibbs wrote: 
> I have a number of VHS tapes which I'd like to digitize, and I'm
> trying to figure out where to start, hardware- and software-wise.
> I'm running Debian Buster (10.5), kernel 4.19.0-10-amd64.  I found a
> pcHDTV HD-5500, which I believe is basically a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150
> tweaked for Linux, and dropped it into my box, where it is found by
> lspci and shows up as /dev/video0.  The card has an extender cable
> which leads to a bracket with RCA connectors for audio and composite
> video, as well as an S-Video connector.  (For now, at least, I'm not
> interested in the TV tuner on the card.)
> 
> Presumably, with the proper software and configuration settings,
> I should be able to plug a VCR into the RCA connectors and have
> video come up on the computer's screen, and hopefully save it to
> disk in some sort of standard format.
> 
> What's a good starting point to find information on how to do this?

The subsystem you are looking for is V4L2, Video For Linux 2.

Showing up as /dev/video0 is an extremely positive sign.

https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/V4L_capturing is what you
want to read.

-dsr-

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