Can you use a PCIe capture card on Linux?

Can you use a PCIe capture card on Linux?
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Our PCIe capture card drivers support Linux systems with kernels above Ubuntu 16.04.

Navigation:
Linux system environment establishment
View the command of the capture card under basic Linux
Capture card driver installation
The driver cannot be installed normally: a signature is required
Capture card driver installation: Check whether the driver is installed correctly
Capture card function test
Capture card driver uninstallation
Manually install the capture card driver

 

Linux system environment establishment

1. Installation operation: Here we take installing UBuntu22.04 as an example.
2. After installing the system, you need to install a basic compilation environment.
Linux uses PCIe capture card
Linux uses PCIe capture card

 

View the command of the capture card under basic Linux

Check whether the capture card exists
Linux uses PCIe capture card
Linux uses PCIe capture card

 

Capture card driver installation

Unzip the driver file, enter the installation directory, open the terminal and run install.sh
Linux uses PCIe capture card
Linux uses PCIe capture card

 

The driver cannot be installed normally: a signature is required

Two options:
1. Turn off BIOS's encrypted boot function (uncheck secure boot).
2. You sign the driver according to Linux signing rules.
Linux uses PCIe capture card

 

Capture card driver installation: Check whether the driver is installed correctly

Restart and use ls /dev/video* You should be able to see the device.
Linux uses PCIe capture card

 

Capture card function test

You can test it through the command. The test script is in the paly directory. There are two versions.
OSB VLC software can be installed for testing.
Linux uses PCIe capture card

 

Capture card driver uninstallation

Linux uses PCIe capture card
Linux uses PCIe capture card

 

Manually install the capture card driver

1. Enter the src directory and first perform sudo make. If there are no errors, it means the compilation is OK. If there are errors, please provide them to our technical support for analysis.
2. Run sudo ./load.sh to load the basic library of V4L2
3. Run sudo insmod xxx.ko. corresponding capture card driver file
Linux uses PCIe capture card

 

If you have any questions during the use of the product, please contact us: support@acasis.com

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