EasyCap USB

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mljenkins
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EasyCap USB

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I found a couple threads where people spoke of the EasyCap USB. On DealTime you can pick them up for around $12:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11127

There were a couple projects I found where people were getting them to work with Linux:

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php? ... _id=616182
and
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=924504

Has anyone got one of these to work with Zoneminder? I have a box with one PCI-X slot and was trying to avoid purchasing an 8 channel card to add some more cameras.
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kingofkya
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Post by kingofkya »

Your kind of on your own with that hardware but it looks like you might have a shot
I compiled the patched drivers for stk1160 4 CH and they works with program that are able to set or switch between the four channels, like xawtv, zoneminder, etc. ...
http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=7467188

I would be interested to see if theses work. It would be great with the modified routers.

I would say try it $12 buck is cheap for hardware post back if you do go with it.
also if you can check for conflicts by puging in 2 of them.
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Post by kingofkya »

also
- Configurable auto reboot function for preventing PC deadlock.
spund like dressing up a bug as a feature but it may be win specific
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Post by quietas »

Shoot, at $12 it's worth a try. I'd be interested as well to see how well they work. I'm looking at a few setups with 16 channels and this would be great over using a couple 8 port cards. Slap a 4 port hub on a computer, maybe inside even, and run the video cables.
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kingofkya
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Post by kingofkya »

Slap a 4 port hub on a computer, maybe inside even, and run the video cables
Thas Prob where the problem is gona be right there linux usb camera drivers sometimes don't play nice
devlista
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Easycap USB video framegrabber

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Google for Easycap DC60, Easycap DC60++ or XP STK1150.

For example http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8988921
rmt1947
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Post by rmt1947 »

I've recently uploaded version 0.8.3 of the Linux device driver for the EasyCAP DC60:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/easycapdc60/

With two inputs on a single 4-CVBS EasyCAP I am seeing about 1 frame per second for each input in the ZoneMinder console.

Mike
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