[ubuntu-uk] vhs capture devices

[Mark Fraser]

On Saturday 19 Oct 2013 20:29:02 malcolm elliott wrote:
> Hello       i have a usb capture device which gives an id of ebia:2861 when
> i type in lsusb i understand that an em2861 driver is required      where
> would i find this driver and how would i install it for ubuntu 12.10 64biti
> assume that this should allow me to use this device but what else is
> required to create copies of any vhs capturedmany thanks malcolm elliott

According to this website http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Easycap the em28xx 
driver should already be in the kernel and can be enabled by doing:
sudo modprobe em28xx