Hi, i just recently got a cable connection and want to know how i can connect it to my computer so that i can record onto my hard drive?
Help much appreciated...
Thanks
Hi, i just recently got a cable connection and want to know how i can connect it to my computer so that i can record onto my hard drive?
Help much appreciated...
Thanks
i know it's probably not the right forum to ask this question...
but you clued up graphics guys must be able to help me out?
I use WinTV-PVR 150
http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/produ...ta_pvr150.html
-=Bob=-
Yep you need some capture card and maybe you are lucky and
your graphicscard can capture too.
Mine did, but I found out too late and stuck with the seperate
capture card, also a hauppage, for pinnacle has had it for me,
not because of the capture card, which wasn`t bad, but because
of the studio 9 software.
But the thing is, get a capturecard with inbuild mpeg2 capturing,
otherwise your CPU will have to do a lot of work.(the link Drifter gave
is such a card.)
be aware, not to become a ware.
TV capture is such a minefield. I've had Pinnacle and Hauppauge cards and both were dreadful. The user interfaces are horrific and stability variable.
I recently got a Compro card. While not perfect, it's a lot closer than the above mentioned makes. So I recommend checking them out.
If you cable system has an s-video out, then an s-video cable to the input on the card is best. But it probably won't have s-video out, so then you'll need to run from a SCART socket on the cable box. You will then need a converter to convert the signal for the s-video input, or get a card with a composite input (which is what I use on my Compro).
I'd start a revolution, if I could get up in the morning.
Yep, but tweaking some settings did miracles, atleast with the pinnacle card.
The capture software was simple and good, the problem started when I tried
to use Pinnacle studio 9 for the capture, so I stuck with the simple one
which came with pinnacle.
Hmm I will google on that name, but it all depends on the hardwareI recently got a Compro card. While not perfect, it's a lot closer than the above mentioned makes. So I recommend checking them out.
one card works fine in one computer on the other it stinks,
I have noticed.
NOt everyone has a cable box, some just have an analog signal.If you cable system has an s-video out, then an s-video cable to the input on the card is best. But it probably won't have s-video out, so then you'll need to run from a SCART socket on the cable box. You will then need a converter to convert the signal for the s-video input, or get a card with a composite input (which is what I use on my Compro).
But S-VHS I use because I have a S-VHS videorecorder and S-VHS
does give a nice clean picture.
But I will look at the card you mentioned. Who knows, there could
always be better cards.
be aware, not to become a ware.
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