[wellylug] Easycap stk1160 devices

[Jeff Hunt]

Gentlepersons,
I am trying to help an old friend preserve a box of VHS tapes. He is
using Ubuntu 12.04.
He has bought a Video Recorder and and an easycapdc60 usb converter.

>From this site http://easycap.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/new-driver-for-easycap-dc60-stk1160.html
I downloaded the driver (module?) which I gather replaces the easycap
original. I think I got it right and if I do a modprobe -l I get

kernel/lib/cpu-notifier-error-inject.ko
kernel/lib/lru_cache.ko
kernel/lib/cordic.ko
extra/stk1160.ko

at the bottom of the list so I assume the module is there.

At this point I am at a loss. No hardware seems to know about it and
there is supposed to be something called a Controlle card  to play
with. I have the recorder plugged in and running through the easycap
and the usb plugged in,

A lsusb gives me:
manager at quanty:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. 4-Port HUB
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c018 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 049f:0051 Compaq Computer Corp. KU-0133 Easy
Access Interner Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bc2:3300 Seagate RSS LLC
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 1c88:0007 Somagic, Inc. SMI Grabber (EasyCAP
DC60+ clone) (no firmware) [SMI-2021CBE]
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 046d:0826 Logitech, Inc.

Any ideas??