[mdlug] Best Linux rig for capturing frames from analog video?

[Aaron Kulkis]

Michael Mikowski wrote:
> The camera is a sunk cost. Would you rather work 20 hours on getting this to
 > work or spend $150 and 2 hours for a superior solution?  By limiting yourself
 > to a solution using the sunk-cost camera, you may be costing yourself a great
 > deal more moving forward.
>

The concept of a sunk cost seems to be one of the most elusive among people
who have the ability to understand it.

> I typically see accountants make this kind of mistake.
>

Which is why an accountant should never be allowed to become CEO of a manufacturing concern.

> Best of luck!
>
>
> David McMillan <skyefire at skyefire.org> wrote:
>
>> On 5/25/2013 2:27 AM, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>>>
>>> It's FAR less cost to buy a digital USB webcam than to buy an analog
>>> -> digital converter,
>>> let alone trying to find non-Windows-only software to actually process
>>> the output from it.
>>
>>      Sorry, didn't make it explicit:  I already *have* the camera. It's
>> a very expensive, high-end, PTZ NTSC camera.  Actually looks pretty good
>> on a 60" plasma, even at high zoom.  And I'm not going to get any budget
>> to buy another camera, especially after what we spent on this one.
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