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Hi guys! The Zoneminder machine I'm playing with is tapped out on PCI slots, so I need a recommendation on a USB device that has composite (RCA) input. Don't really NEED audio, just video.

I'm assuming I don't need to mention that it has to be Linux/v4l compatible, but as an FYI I'm running Mint (Ubuntu).

I have a WinTV USB PVR something-or-other, but it's been a pain in the tail to get running, and on the other comp I had to do some ffmpeg skulduggery.

Looking for something SMALL and plug-n-play. Tried the EasyCap with 4 input ports (looked soooo sweet) with no joy (only works in Windows, and goes round-robin to the channels, which is pretty cool if you want that sort of thing.) Any advice is appreciated.

gesh there is a slew of simple usb capture devices on amazon and all the ones i check did not have the word "linux" in there reviews.

But this one http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-SVID2USB ... roduct_top one of the more expensive uses the the Linux compatible BT878 connexent chipset

The easycap dc60 is cheap and here is a driver project http://sourceforge.net/projects/easycapdc60/ lots of frustrated post at ubuntuforums.org but 26 thumbs up at sf.net

oh wait here is what you may be after:
http://www.bigboxstore.com/easycap002-4 ... apter.html supported by the sf.net project.

four video channels only $13 and even has a 3 month warranty!