Re: PCIe card recommendation

[Carl K. <ca...@pe...>]

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Stefan Richter
<st...@s5...> wrote:
> Wouldn't the two DV devices be able to work simultaneously on the same
> bus?  You would of course have to configure them to transmit on separate
> channels.  Haven't tried that myself yet with my three DV specimen
> (consumer grade camcorders), and don't know what the chances are to get
> this working with random devices.
>


Someone I trust, likely Dan Dennedy, said "it could work, but in
practice it doesn't."  I think the problem is the device (camera)
doesn't have the inelegance to negotiate using a different port.

I also hear someone has been successful using dvgrab by specifying the
device guid, but I never got any details on what device or card.

I have tried it in the past, the results were confusing.  I quickly
decided it wasn't worth messing with.  I'll be happy to setup a box
with a few cards and devices plugged in if someone wants to feed me
some tests.  Or send me a public key and I'll give you root.


-- 
Carl K