If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Please Help..Matrox Marvel G400 out to VCR
Whats the secret to copying my latest DVD purchase out from my PCDVD player
via Matrox Marvel G400 out to be taped on my VCR...... I have connected the breakout box out lines ...to my VCR in lines on my VCR as the Matrox instruction book says.... and have set my VCR to "line in".........There is just some setting I have not got right here.....Dual head is disabled ......Any help would be gratefully appreciated.... Taki NZ. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
I have this same card (and unfortunately it won't work with the new WinXP
box that I have on order, so I'll have to move on to an ATI AIW 9000 Pro ... I hope that one is as good as the Matrox). Anyway, you don't say what you're using to playback the DVD on your PC. I presume you use something like Power DVD or Win DVD? I use Power DVD. With the Matrox in "DualHead Clone, DVDMax or Zoom" mode, the contents of the Power DVD video window on the Windows monitor is duplicated on the TV output. So that can be fed to a VCR to be taped. - Right-click the Windows desktop and select Properties - Choose the Settings tab. - Click the Advanced... button - Select the DualHead tab - Click the "DualHead Clone, DVDMax or Zoom" box - Click the "Use DualHead DVDMax" box - Click the DVDMax Options... button - Click the 4:3 (standard) button (VCRs expect "normal" 4:3 ratio TV format) - Click OK - Click Apply You'll probably have to reboot at this point. "takitimu" wrote in message ... Whats the secret to copying my latest DVD purchase out from my PCDVD player via Matrox Marvel G400 out to be taped on my VCR...... I have connected the breakout box out lines ...to my VCR in lines on my VCR as the Matrox instruction book says.... and have set my VCR to "line in".........There is just some setting I have not got right here.....Dual head is disabled ......Any help would be gratefully appreciated.... Taki NZ. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Hi...I forgot to mention my OS is Windows 98SE....I use Power DVD to play
dvd,s but I ripped this particular DVD I want to put on video tape..so I have different variants of it.. Surprisingly I had my settings exactly as you say so obviously theres another problem....So could I ask a few questions.Please... (1) With the Matrox in "DualHead Clone, DVDMax or Zoom" mode ...I presume the breakbox should be hooked up to the VCR as in the manual .... (2) I am using a Samsung Multi System for the VCR ..so its a good VCR I am using BUT there is some funny things going on....EG..I initially used the front inputs but never got anywhere till I used the rear inputs and I got Audio through my TV ov the video clip I was playing (but no Video) (3) Subsequently I cannot even get Audio ...and I tested by running the audio leads direct to an amp speakers ..Nothing? Now I am no expert here but I presume the output leads from the breakbox should have Stereo L+R audio and a Video being fed in them and they go to the input of the VCR........As I said I tested the audio output and I have "lost "the audio I once had....I am beginning to wonder if I have a problem in the breakout box..... With the settings right and the breakbox out going to my VCR as stipulated.....Can you suggest any tests to do ,just to try and figure out whats going on ...... Thanks Takitimu NZ. "horwinkle" wrote in message . .. I have this same card (and unfortunately it won't work with the new WinXP box that I have on order, so I'll have to move on to an ATI AIW 9000 Pro .... I hope that one is as good as the Matrox). Anyway, you don't say what you're using to playback the DVD on your PC. I presume you use something like Power DVD or Win DVD? I use Power DVD. With the Matrox in "DualHead Clone, DVDMax or Zoom" mode, the contents of the Power DVD video window on the Windows monitor is duplicated on the TV output. So that can be fed to a VCR to be taped. - Right-click the Windows desktop and select Properties - Choose the Settings tab. - Click the Advanced... button - Select the DualHead tab - Click the "DualHead Clone, DVDMax or Zoom" box - Click the "Use DualHead DVDMax" box - Click the DVDMax Options... button - Click the 4:3 (standard) button (VCRs expect "normal" 4:3 ratio TV format) - Click OK - Click Apply You'll probably have to reboot at this point. "takitimu" wrote in message ... Whats the secret to copying my latest DVD purchase out from my PCDVD player via Matrox Marvel G400 out to be taped on my VCR...... I have connected the breakout box out lines ...to my VCR in lines on my VCR as the Matrox instruction book says.... and have set my VCR to "line in".........There is just some setting I have not got right here.....Dual head is disabled ......Any help would be gratefully appreciated.... Taki NZ. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
I have the Marvel g400-tv, (TV turner card) PC-VCR has an option for out to
TV, I have use this option to copy DVD to tape, (Win 98se) if you have this card, set up the option and then closed the PC-VCR and then open the DVD player, With this option, any movie player will out put to the TV/VCR. After done recording, I turn the this option off again... Hope that helps.. DrSpider "takitimu" wrote in message ... Whats the secret to copying my latest DVD purchase out from my PCDVD player via Matrox Marvel G400 out to be taped on my VCR...... I have connected the breakout box out lines ...to my VCR in lines on my VCR as the Matrox instruction book says.... and have set my VCR to "line in".........There is just some setting I have not got right here.....Dual head is disabled ......Any help would be gratefully appreciated.... Taki NZ. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Hi ..DrSpider ...Thanks for your reply....I found "output to video line
out" is this the TV out option you refer to......I have the same set up as your self ...I run leads between the breakout out box (beside the monitor and Power sockets) to my VCR inputs.....As I understand this is correct.............Yet something is not right/happening......I have another Matrox Marvel card /breakoutbox etc and wondering if I should try it................. I presume that the audio lines "out" from the breakout box should be carrying Audio and if one feeds them into an amp and there is no audio....this means that either I have a setting missed or the Matrox card is no good.....The manual sure is a great help?????? Taki NZ. "DrSpider" wrote in message ... I have the Marvel g400-tv, (TV turner card) PC-VCR has an option for out to TV, I have use this option to copy DVD to tape, (Win 98se) if you have this card, set up the option and then closed the PC-VCR and then open the DVD player, With this option, any movie player will out put to the TV/VCR. After done recording, I turn the this option off again... Hope that helps.. DrSpider "takitimu" wrote in message ... Whats the secret to copying my latest DVD purchase out from my PCDVD player via Matrox Marvel G400 out to be taped on my VCR...... I have connected the breakout box out lines ...to my VCR in lines on my VCR as the Matrox instruction book says.... and have set my VCR to "line in".........There is just some setting I have not got right here.....Dual head is disabled ......Any help would be gratefully appreciated.... Taki NZ. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Hi.. I gave some wrong advice,, I just tested this right before I replied
to you,, So here it is,, The PC-VCR option to line out,, check on. Connect the cable from breakout box to a TV/VCR Minimize the TV turner card window.. Open your DVD player and start movie. The sound should come out your computer speakers and TV speakers at the same time.. I tried this with the Matrax DVD player... Another option could be if your sound card has a line out, then you'll need a cable (single stereo female jack that will split into 2 RCA jacks for you TV/VCR) I now remeber that this is how I did it. DrSpider "takitimu" wrote in message ... Hi ..DrSpider ...Thanks for your reply....I found "output to video line out" is this the TV out option you refer to......I have the same set up as your self ...I run leads between the breakout out box (beside the monitor and Power sockets) to my VCR inputs.....As I understand this is correct.............Yet something is not right/happening......I have another Matrox Marvel card /breakoutbox etc and wondering if I should try it................. I presume that the audio lines "out" from the breakout box should be carrying Audio and if one feeds them into an amp and there is no audio....this means that either I have a setting missed or the Matrox card is no good.....The manual sure is a great help?????? Taki NZ. "DrSpider" wrote in message ... I have the Marvel g400-tv, (TV turner card) PC-VCR has an option for out to TV, I have use this option to copy DVD to tape, (Win 98se) if you have this card, set up the option and then closed the PC-VCR and then open the DVD player, With this option, any movie player will out put to the TV/VCR. After done recording, I turn the this option off again... Hope that helps.. DrSpider "takitimu" wrote in message ... Whats the secret to copying my latest DVD purchase out from my PCDVD player via Matrox Marvel G400 out to be taped on my VCR...... I have connected the breakout box out lines ...to my VCR in lines on my VCR as the Matrox instruction book says.... and have set my VCR to "line in".........There is just some setting I have not got right here.....Dual head is disabled ......Any help would be gratefully appreciated.... Taki NZ. |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Thanks ....I put in my second Matrox card and reinstalled software and
checked all leads.....Good News I have video on my TVscreen and on my tape in my VCR but Unfortunately NO audio......As I read your mail below ..I can try running audio straight from my soundcard to my VCR leaving out the Break Box..... Also I apologise for the 3 extra mails that got on the group...I do not know how it happened and I have no afilliation to the ICONZ whever they are. Re the audio /..is there a separate control mixer that I have to set ? Thanks Taki NZ. "DrSpider" wrote in message ... Hi.. I gave some wrong advice,, I just tested this right before I replied to you,, So here it is,, The PC-VCR option to line out,, check on. Connect the cable from breakout box to a TV/VCR Minimize the TV turner card window.. Open your DVD player and start movie. The sound should come out your computer speakers and TV speakers at the same time.. I tried this with the Matrax DVD player... Another option could be if your sound card has a line out, then you'll need a cable (single stereo female jack that will split into 2 RCA jacks for you TV/VCR) I now remeber that this is how I did it. DrSpider "takitimu" wrote in message ... Hi ..DrSpider ...Thanks for your reply....I found "output to video line out" is this the TV out option you refer to......I have the same set up as your self ...I run leads between the breakout out box (beside the monitor and Power sockets) to my VCR inputs.....As I understand this is correct.............Yet something is not right/happening......I have another Matrox Marvel card /breakoutbox etc and wondering if I should try it................. I presume that the audio lines "out" from the breakout box should be carrying Audio and if one feeds them into an amp and there is no audio....this means that either I have a setting missed or the Matrox card is no good.....The manual sure is a great help?????? Taki NZ. "DrSpider" wrote in message ... I have the Marvel g400-tv, (TV turner card) PC-VCR has an option for out to TV, I have use this option to copy DVD to tape, (Win 98se) if you have this card, set up the option and then closed the PC-VCR and then open the DVD player, With this option, any movie player will out put to the TV/VCR. After done recording, I turn the this option off again... Hope that helps.. DrSpider "takitimu" wrote in message ... Whats the secret to copying my latest DVD purchase out from my PCDVD player via Matrox Marvel G400 out to be taped on my VCR...... I have connected the breakout box out lines ...to my VCR in lines on my VCR as the Matrox instruction book says.... and have set my VCR to "line in".........There is just some setting I have not got right here.....Dual head is disabled ......Any help would be gratefully appreciated.... Taki NZ. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Theoretically, you could plug the Matrox audio input cable into your sound
card output. But in that mode, I'd get a low howl every time I'd boot up. It would only stop after I started up the PC-VCR. So instead I just feed the TV from my sound card output. This required two adapters: 1. A single stereo mini-phone plug to dual stereo mini-phone jack. Available at Radio Shack or (much cheaper) from on-line suppliers. My PC speakers are plugged into one of these jacks. 2. A stereo mini-phone plug to twin RCA jacks. From Radio Shack on on-line. I insert this plug into the second jack, above. Then feed the TV audio from the twin RCA jacks. "takitimu" wrote in message ... Thanks ....I put in my second Matrox card and reinstalled software and checked all leads.....Good News I have video on my TVscreen and on my tape in my VCR but Unfortunately NO audio......As I read your mail below ..I can try running audio straight from my soundcard to my VCR leaving out the Break Box..... Also I apologise for the 3 extra mails that got on the group...I do not know how it happened and I have no afilliation to the ICONZ whever they are. Re the audio /..is there a separate control mixer that I have to set ? Thanks Taki NZ. "DrSpider" wrote in message ... Hi.. I gave some wrong advice,, I just tested this right before I replied to you,, So here it is,, The PC-VCR option to line out,, check on. Connect the cable from breakout box to a TV/VCR Minimize the TV turner card window.. Open your DVD player and start movie. The sound should come out your computer speakers and TV speakers at the same time.. I tried this with the Matrax DVD player... Another option could be if your sound card has a line out, then you'll need a cable (single stereo female jack that will split into 2 RCA jacks for you TV/VCR) I now remeber that this is how I did it. DrSpider "takitimu" wrote in message ... Hi ..DrSpider ...Thanks for your reply....I found "output to video line out" is this the TV out option you refer to......I have the same set up as your self ...I run leads between the breakout out box (beside the monitor and Power sockets) to my VCR inputs.....As I understand this is correct.............Yet something is not right/happening......I have another Matrox Marvel card /breakoutbox etc and wondering if I should try it................. I presume that the audio lines "out" from the breakout box should be carrying Audio and if one feeds them into an amp and there is no audio....this means that either I have a setting missed or the Matrox card is no good.....The manual sure is a great help?????? Taki NZ. "DrSpider" wrote in message ... I have the Marvel g400-tv, (TV turner card) PC-VCR has an option for out to TV, I have use this option to copy DVD to tape, (Win 98se) if you have this card, set up the option and then closed the PC-VCR and then open the DVD player, With this option, any movie player will out put to the TV/VCR. After done recording, I turn the this option off again... Hope that helps.. DrSpider "takitimu" wrote in message ... Whats the secret to copying my latest DVD purchase out from my PCDVD player via Matrox Marvel G400 out to be taped on my VCR...... I have connected the breakout box out lines ...to my VCR in lines on my VCR as the Matrox instruction book says.... and have set my VCR to "line in".........There is just some setting I have not got right here.....Dual head is disabled ......Any help would be gratefully appreciated.... Taki NZ. |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Thanks for all the help..I have everything working but I have connected
audio via double socket on my soundcard direct to my VCR.....Now to reverse the process and find out if the first MatroxMarvel Card is defective or if "as I suspect" the software had not been installed properly....Taki "horwinkle" wrote in message .. . Theoretically, you could plug the Matrox audio input cable into your sound card output. But in that mode, I'd get a low howl every time I'd boot up. It would only stop after I started up the PC-VCR. So instead I just feed the TV from my sound card output. This required two adapters: 1. A single stereo mini-phone plug to dual stereo mini-phone jack. Available at Radio Shack or (much cheaper) from on-line suppliers. My PC speakers are plugged into one of these jacks. 2. A stereo mini-phone plug to twin RCA jacks. From Radio Shack on on-line. I insert this plug into the second jack, above. Then feed the TV audio from the twin RCA jacks. "takitimu" wrote in message ... Thanks ....I put in my second Matrox card and reinstalled software and checked all leads.....Good News I have video on my TVscreen and on my tape in my VCR but Unfortunately NO audio......As I read your mail below ..I can try running audio straight from my soundcard to my VCR leaving out the Break Box..... Also I apologise for the 3 extra mails that got on the group...I do not know how it happened and I have no afilliation to the ICONZ whever they are. Re the audio /..is there a separate control mixer that I have to set ? Thanks Taki NZ. "DrSpider" wrote in message ... Hi.. I gave some wrong advice,, I just tested this right before I replied to you,, So here it is,, The PC-VCR option to line out,, check on. Connect the cable from breakout box to a TV/VCR Minimize the TV turner card window.. Open your DVD player and start movie. The sound should come out your computer speakers and TV speakers at the same time.. I tried this with the Matrax DVD player... Another option could be if your sound card has a line out, then you'll need a cable (single stereo female jack that will split into 2 RCA jacks for you TV/VCR) I now remeber that this is how I did it. DrSpider "takitimu" wrote in message ... Hi ..DrSpider ...Thanks for your reply....I found "output to video line out" is this the TV out option you refer to......I have the same set up as your self ...I run leads between the breakout out box (beside the monitor and Power sockets) to my VCR inputs.....As I understand this is correct.............Yet something is not right/happening......I have another Matrox Marvel card /breakoutbox etc and wondering if I should try it................. I presume that the audio lines "out" from the breakout box should be carrying Audio and if one feeds them into an amp and there is no audio....this means that either I have a setting missed or the Matrox card is no good.....The manual sure is a great help?????? Taki NZ. "DrSpider" wrote in message ... I have the Marvel g400-tv, (TV turner card) PC-VCR has an option for out to TV, I have use this option to copy DVD to tape, (Win 98se) if you have this card, set up the option and then closed the PC-VCR and then open the DVD player, With this option, any movie player will out put to the TV/VCR. After done recording, I turn the this option off again... Hope that helps.. DrSpider "takitimu" wrote in message ... Whats the secret to copying my latest DVD purchase out from my PCDVD player via Matrox Marvel G400 out to be taped on my VCR...... I have connected the breakout box out lines ...to my VCR in lines on my VCR as the Matrox instruction book says.... and have set my VCR to "line in".........There is just some setting I have not got right here.....Dual head is disabled ......Any help would be gratefully appreciated.... Taki NZ. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Matrox G400 DH (TV) : How get the BIOS screen? | maxx | General | 0 | August 18th 04 01:12 PM |
Asus a7n8x and Matrox G400 | VP | General | 1 | January 31st 04 04:11 AM |
Matrox G400 problems with Asus A7N8X | VP | Asus Motherboards | 2 | January 30th 04 02:27 AM |
Matrox G400 and A7N8X | VP | Asus Motherboards | 2 | January 29th 04 05:06 AM |
P4P800 & Matrox G400 | Hessu | Asus Motherboards | 1 | July 29th 03 04:43 AM |