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* 103 -> Grand X-Guard / Trust 814PCI                        [0304:0102]
* 103 -> Grand X-Guard / Trust 814PCI                        [0304:0102]


== GrandTec Grand X-Guard 4P==  
== GrandTec Grand X-Guard 4P (GXG-4000)==  
Autodetected correctly and confirmed working with bttv driver.
Autodetected correctly and confirmed working with bttv driver.


== GrandTec Grand X-Guard 9P==
== GrandTec Grand X-Guard 9P (GXG-9000)==
Confirmed working under ZoneMinder 1.22 (probably earlier). bttv driver 0.9.17 incorrectly detects this as a card type 57. You need to edit modprobe.conf (see below), then do a rmmod bttv and modprobe bttv to get it to work correctly.
Confirmed working under ZoneMinder 1.22 (probably earlier). bttv driver 0.9.17 incorrectly detects this as a card type 57. You need to edit modprobe.conf (see below), then do a rmmod bttv and modprobe bttv to get it to work correctly.


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I haven't had any problems testing with a single input but with each input added, the image gets brighter and more washed out. At 4 monitors, the image is no longer viewable with the default monitor brightness and contrast. The current theory is that providing a live connection to each input will resolve the problem.
I haven't had any problems testing with a single input but with each input added, the image gets brighter and more washed out. At 4 monitors, the image is no longer viewable with the default monitor brightness and contrast. The current theory is that providing a live connection to each input will resolve the problem.


== GrandTec Grand X-Guard 16P ==
== GrandTec Grand X-Guard 16P (GXG-1600) ==


Needs the same configurations changes as the 9P card above.
Needs the same configurations changes as the 9P card above.

Revision as of 19:09, 13 July 2008

These cards a relatively inexpensive by using one Brooktree (bt) video capture chip shared for a number of inputs. The upside is low cost, downside is performance.

  • Using 1 source you get 25 fps
  • Using 2 source you get 5 fps each (10 fps total)
  • Using 4 sources you get 2.5 fps each (10 total)

...and so on. if you use more than 1 source, total FPS is 10/12

Please note that this will only show up as one video input (/dev/video0 for me). You will use channels of the input to access the multiple ports.

bttv supported card types

  • 57 -> GrandTec 'Grand Video Capture' (Bt848) [4344:4142]
  • 77 -> GrandTec Multi Capture Card (Bt878)
  • 103 -> Grand X-Guard / Trust 814PCI [0304:0102]

GrandTec Grand X-Guard 4P (GXG-4000)

Autodetected correctly and confirmed working with bttv driver.

GrandTec Grand X-Guard 9P (GXG-9000)

Confirmed working under ZoneMinder 1.22 (probably earlier). bttv driver 0.9.17 incorrectly detects this as a card type 57. You need to edit modprobe.conf (see below), then do a rmmod bttv and modprobe bttv to get it to work correctly.

/etc/modprobe.conf

options bttv card=103 

I haven't had any problems testing with a single input but with each input added, the image gets brighter and more washed out. At 4 monitors, the image is no longer viewable with the default monitor brightness and contrast. The current theory is that providing a live connection to each input will resolve the problem.

GrandTec Grand X-Guard 16P (GXG-1600)

Needs the same configurations changes as the 9P card above.


Sources

davide post

Another davide post