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Yet another video card inquiry. VHS Capture?
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| Shadow_7 2007-12-25, 1:25 am |
| I'm looking for a decent video card that allows input from TV based
signals(cable or S-Video/audio input). With decent 3D acceleration.
Probably nVidia, with normal 15 pin SVGA type output. What are my
options for $200 or less? Something better than my on board GeForce
6100. With enough functionality to capture old VHS tapes onto the
computer. And linux compatible of course.
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"Shadow_7" <wwwShadow7@yaNOhoo.comNULL> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.12.25.05.08.40@yaNOhoo.comNULL...
> I'm looking for a decent video card that allows input from TV based
> signals(cable or S-Video/audio input).
A video card MAKES video.
You want a capture card. There are video cards with a capture card built in,
but they are a waste.
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| Chris Cox 2007-12-25, 7:20 am |
| Shadow_7 wrote:
> I'm looking for a decent video card that allows input from TV based
> signals(cable or S-Video/audio input). With decent 3D acceleration.
> Probably nVidia, with normal 15 pin SVGA type output. What are my
> options for $200 or less? Something better than my on board GeForce
> 6100. With enough functionality to capture old VHS tapes onto the
> computer. And linux compatible of course.
I'd look for an 8800GT if you can find it. Get an 8600GT is you're
on the cheap (you don't too much oomphf on Linux).
However, you'll need a separate capture card. I use
the Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB2. Works fine. But it's
only got a non-HD tuner (if that's interesting). Can
certainly do what you want, accepts composite or svideo
input. There are Hauppauge cards that plug into your
PCI bus as well.. I just don't have the slots to spare
which is why I went USB.
Sample capture here (forgive the interlacing, adjust your player):
http://www.endlessnow.com/ten/Temp/capture.mpg
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| Shadow_7 2007-12-25, 1:16 pm |
| > I'd look for an 8800GT if you can find it. Get an 8600GT is you're on
> the cheap (you don't too much oomphf on Linux).
I was looking at the 8800GT, but didn't see any capture capability. Does
the higher end video card make a difference for Java applet games? The
video card is mainly for my mom to play her games. There's a few that
hog computer resources trying to do too much eye candy. Which means you
miss hands and stuff when it's too busy processing graphics to get the
next set of rounds over the internet connection.
I'm mainly interested in a capture card myself. I was hoping to get a
single $200-ish unit, not 2x $200 unitS. Do the capture cards come with
their own audio capture? Are they linux compatible?
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| Chris Cox 2007-12-25, 7:14 pm |
| Shadow_7 wrote:
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> I was looking at the 8800GT, but didn't see any capture capability. Does
> the higher end video card make a difference for Java applet games? The
> video card is mainly for my mom to play her games. There's a few that
> hog computer resources trying to do too much eye candy. Which means you
> miss hands and stuff when it's too busy processing graphics to get the
> next set of rounds over the internet connection.
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> I'm mainly interested in a capture card myself. I was hoping to get a
> single $200-ish unit, not 2x $200 unitS. Do the capture cards come with
> their own audio capture? Are they linux compatible?
Oh.. I was suggesting an 8800/8600 GT because they are good cards for
Linux. You really need a separate frame capture card (or USB soln as
I mentioned).
The WinTV PVR USB2 (NTSC and PAL) plugs right into openSUSE (for example)
or anything with recent drivers. I'm writing my own PVR system for it.
Can be easily controlled via scripts.
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| AZ Nomad 2007-12-26, 1:17 pm |
| On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:10:26 -0000, Shadow_7 <wwwShadow7@yaNOhoo.comNULL> wrote:
>I'm looking for a decent video card that allows input from TV based
>signals(cable or S-Video/audio input). With decent 3D acceleration.
>Probably nVidia, with normal 15 pin SVGA type output. What are my
>options for $200 or less? Something better than my on board GeForce
>6100. With enough functionality to capture old VHS tapes onto the
>computer. And linux compatible of course.
Some ati all-in-wonder cards might be supported, but I personally would use a
dedicated capture card. If you're going to be burning DVDs, get one
with mpeg2 hardware compression such as the hauppauge pvr150. Otherwise,
I like the plextor convertx usb capture devices which employ mpeg4 (divx)
hardware compression.
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