Drivers Problem

Asked by Chaoskeeper56

I have a Video Capture device called SmartDisk Realtime video. it is a box that red white and yellow A/V cords can go into, then a usb cord at the end. there is a download for the drivers on there website, but i have no idea how to use them. and i'm new with ubuntu, so i wouldn't know what else to do. anyone got any advice that is easy to understand?

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Tony Mugan (tmugan) said :
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Generally a linux driver download would be in source code so you would have to compile it after downloading.

I would suggest you download the driver, double-click the resulting file to extract all the files to a folder (on your desktop for example).
The look for a text file within that extracted folder with details of how to install for example a "readme" or "install".

Usually you open a terminal (Applications, Accessories menu), then run
./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

It may be necessary to also install this first as it provides many of the required files for a source code build
sudo apt-get install build-essential

I will check the driver if you provide the link the it's location that you have found.

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Chaoskeeper56 (superdork876) said :
#2

i'm not really sure this is a linux driver though. heres the things in the download package from there site:
[IMG]http://i31.tinypic.com/53wuio.png[/IMG]

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Tony Mugan (tmugan) said :
#3

Yes, that is a windows driver and will not be of any use in linux.
Can you try running the following in a terminal window (goto Applications, Accessories menu)

lsusb

and paste the results into this thread to see what the device is being recognised as (if at all).

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Chaoskeeper56 (superdork876) said :
#4

lsusb
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 021: ID 1241:1166 Belkin optical mouse w/ scrollwheel
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0573:2120 Zoran Co. Personal Media Division (Nogatech)
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

i know the one is the mouse i'm using, and the other could be the router/modem (whatever it's called :/)

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Chaoskeeper56 (superdork876) said :
#5

i just tried it again, i got diffrent results.
ian@ian-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 021: ID 1241:1166 Belkin optical mouse w/ scrollwheel
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0573:2120 Zoran Co. Personal Media Division (Nogatech)
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
ian@ian-laptop:~$ Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
bash: Bus: command not found
ian@ian-laptop:~$ Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
bash: Bus: command not found
ian@ian-laptop:~$ Bus 005 Device 021: ID 1241:1166 Belkin optical mouse w/ scrollwheel
bash: Bus: command not found
ian@ian-laptop:~$ Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
bash: Bus: command not found
ian@ian-laptop:~$ Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0573:2120 Zoran Co. Personal Media Division (Nogatech)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
ian@ian-laptop:~$ Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
bash: Bus: command not found
ian@ian-laptop:~$ Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
bash: Bus: command not found
ian@ian-laptop:~$ Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
bash: Bus: command not found
ian@ian-laptop:~$ Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

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Tony Mugan (tmugan) said :
#6

Ok, what we are looking for is the device...
"0573:2120 Zoran Co. Personal Media Division (Nogatech)"

I had a look for the device ID (0573:2120) and it looks like it is not supported just yet, I am afraid.

Cheers.

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