PiCapture SD1 composite video capture solution

[mwlinder]

Lintest Systems is launching a line of video capture boards for the Raspberry Pi, starting with the PiCapture SD1.

PiCapture SD1 captures standard-definition interlaced video in the CVBS standard (NTSC/PAL) from Composite, S-Video, and YPbPr Component sources as 640×480 video.

By using the Raspberry Pi CSI-2 camera interface and providing complete camera emulation, all of the video encoding and management capabilities of the Raspberry Pi are usable with any compatible video source. In addition, applications that require large amounts of Raspberry Pi resources (e.g. real-time image processing) are now enabled since USB capture devices are not required.

You can see examples of captured video at: http://lintestsystems.com/sd1-examples

Detailed information about the PiCapture SD1 can be found on our web site: http://lintestsystems.com

[mwlinder]

The PiCapture SD1 is available for preorder in the US only at this point. We hope to make it available outside of the US soon.

[mwlinder]

The PiCapture SD1 is now available, and we in the process of shipping all preorders.

It is taking a bit longer than anticipated to arrange for distribution outside of the US, but we have enabled international orders on our website for several countries and will work with anyone that wants to place an order.

The high definition version of PiCapture is nearly complete, and we hope to announce availability before the end of 2016.

http://lintestsystems.com

[sneakers-the-rat]

Hello, I purchased one of your PiCapture SD1 cards and can't get it to work on the raspi 4.

I installed your pivideo package, it is able to communicate with the card over I2C, but the picamera module is unable to recognize it as a camera module (I get an ENOMEM error).

Given the complete lack of examples and the sparse documentation, I'm sort of assuming that this is a dead project. If that's the case, just want to make sure this thread reflect that, and request that you take down your order page.

if it's not a dead project, a little support would be lovely.

[fruitoftheloom]

Hello, I purchased one of your PiCapture SD1 cards and can't get it to work on the raspi 4.

I installed your pivideo package, it is able to communicate with the card over I2C, but the picamera module is unable to recognize it as a camera module (I get an ENOMEM error).

Given the complete lack of examples and the sparse documentation, I'm sort of assuming that this is a dead project. If that's the case, just want to make sure this thread reflect that, and request that you take down your order page.

if it's not a dead project, a little support would be lovely.

You need to contact the developers, it is after all their product you are paying good money for.....

https://lintestsystems.com/product-cate ... i/vcapture

[DougieLawson]

I installed your pivideo package, it is able to communicate with the card over I2C, but the picamera module is unable to recognize it as a camera module (I get an ENOMEM error).

Add

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gpu_mem=128
start_x=1

to /boot/config.txt, reboot and try again.

[sneakers-the-rat]

Yes, definitely have tried that, no avail.

Have you gotten the picap working on the pi4?

[6by9]

Yes, definitely have tried that, no avail.

Have you gotten the picap working on the pi4?

Sorry, as fruitoftheloom says, it's a third party product that tries to emulate a Pi camera in one particular mode. Any failure in that emulation is down to the manufacturer, and only they can fix it.

[fruitoftheloom]

Yes, definitely have tried that, no avail.

Have you gotten the picap working on the pi4?

https://lintestsystems.com/forums/topic ... i-versions

The PiCapture products are currently supported on the Raspberry Pi 3 series.

Some users have reported success with Raspberry Pi “clones” that use the RPi camera, and with the Raspberry Pi 4, but these are not supported configurations.


Seems a waste of $149.00

[6by9]

https://lintestsystems.com/forums/topic ... i-versions

The PiCapture products are currently supported on the Raspberry Pi 3 series.

Some users have reported success with Raspberry Pi “clones” that use the RPi camera, and with the Raspberry Pi 4, but these are not supported configurations.


Seems a waste of $149.00

Pretty bizarre seeing as the CSI2 receiver and camera stack are identical between all the Pi variants.
Seeing as they emulate the VGA60 mode of OV5647 it should be totally independent.