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by BuffalM
Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:58 am
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: Techwell 6802 and 6805 cards
Replies: 5
Views: 12971

I couldn't justify the cost if it wasn't going to work so I shelled out a little more for a bt878 based card. It looks like the link in the first post hasn't had any new code changes in a while. At the time it looked like it was still going and might be viable.
by BuffalM
Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:05 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: Performance
Replies: 0
Views: 1157

Performance

Does anyone know if the performance of any of these chips has been compared: BT878a, SAA7130, CX23881 and/or TW680x? I want to know if there is a noticeable difference between 8-bit (878), 9-bit (7130) and 10-bit (23881 / 680x) as far as processing power, so that I can pick a card that will use the ...
by BuffalM
Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:17 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: Techwell 6802 and 6805 cards
Replies: 5
Views: 12971

From the differences between the two I can spot at the techwell website: the 6805 can operate on a 66mhz clock and has lower power consumption. It also looks like the 6805 can only do one channel real time per chip. That makes me assume that the two chip cards will not do 120fps, can someone confirm ...
by BuffalM
Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:36 am
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: Techwell 6802 and 6805 cards
Replies: 5
Views: 12971

Techwell 6802 and 6805 cards

Has anyone had any luck using the techwell tw680x cards with zoneminder? I see there are fairly recent drivers being developed here: http://gitorious.org/tw68 Auctions for Chinese cards based on the techwell 6802/5 10-bit ADC chips are cheap compared to the CX2388x and BT8xx based cards. The 4 ...