On 3/16/2017 11:12 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > I'm still trying to find a video capture card that won't crash Dell > servers, and ran across a Blackmagic BDLKDUO2 DeckLink Duo 2. It claims > to support Linux. I'm also seeing, in the few non-Blabkmagic or sales > pages I can find, that they like "binary blobs". I also haven't been > able to find anything about o/s or library requirements. > > Has anyone run across these cards, or know anything at all about them? > All we're doing with them is running a few video cameras in for > surveillance of our secure rooms, no audio, nothing fancy, with the > motion package reading the input. I would use tcp/ip network cameras, ideally with PoE to simplify running power to them. plus cat-5 is a lot easier to run than coax or HDMI. I've got one of these, works well enough. https://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Megapixel-Resolution-monitoring-TV-IP320PI/dp/B00MUJ69WM I'm not using it, but these should work great with ZoneMinder or most any other video surveillance/recording package. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz