Any suggestions for a TV capture USB dongle for Mageia5?

[mla]

I have a number of old VHS tape recordings that I need to move to some less archaic format. A quick look around the net suggests a TV/USB dongle as the simplest solution. However, a similar search suggests that there are known issues -- e.g. Realtek RTL2832U driver not liking current kernels and such like.

Can anybody recommend a dongle that's known to work "out of box" (or near enough) with Mageia 5?

[ozky]

Maybe this would be ? i have used few finnish shops to do it as they have very cheap prices like 10-44€.
http://www.dx.com/p/easycap-usb-video-c ... apter-5707

[mla]

Thanks. Do we know for a fact that it works with Mageia 5 (or at least with Linux kernel 4.1)?

[ozky]

None devices in linux are fact to work,if driver is in kernel firmwares it should work if not it's totally different thing but not impossible to get it working.

[laidlaws]

I have successfully used any dongle with an RTL2832 chip, which is supported by the kernel. You need the dvb-utils package, and Kaffeine for playback. I haven't attempted to drive it with the output of a tape or DVD player.

[mla]

Thanks! Just the sort of advice I was looking for!