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Hi, I would like to get a tvtuner capture card. Don't
know much about them. I would like to just use windows xp, I would like to capture the files in avi format ( is this possible) Also my dvd player says it will read mpg4 files, Will any of these cards allow me to play an avi file directly to a television. I have tried using my video card for this but it doesn't want to do it. I would guess that software will allow me to make different quality ouput files to keep file size down. Is this true? I would like to keep the cost for the card under a $100 , I see some really cheap. Is there a great advantage to cards over a $100, also I see some that say they only have media center driver, does this mean they won't work on plain old xp? thanks for any help on this. |
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Do not purchase a 'Sabrent' product. Drivers and software are terrible.
"BuffaloBillBrunson" wrote in message ... Hi, I would like to get a tvtuner capture card. Don't know much about them. I would like to just use windows xp, I would like to capture the files in avi format ( is this possible) Also my dvd player says it will read mpg4 files, Will any of these cards allow me to play an avi file directly to a television. I have tried using my video card for this but it doesn't want to do it. I would guess that software will allow me to make different quality ouput files to keep file size down. Is this true? I would like to keep the cost for the card under a $100 , I see some really cheap. Is there a great advantage to cards over a $100, also I see some that say they only have media center driver, does this mean they won't work on plain old xp? thanks for any help on this. |
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BuffaloBillBrunson wrote:
Hi, I would like to get a tvtuner capture card. Don't know much about them. I would like to just use windows xp, I would like to capture the files in avi format ( is this possible) Also my dvd player says it will read mpg4 files, Will any of these cards allow me to play an avi file directly to a television. I have tried using my video card for this but it doesn't want to do it. I would guess that software will allow me to make different quality ouput files to keep file size down. Is this true? I would like to keep the cost for the card under a $100 , I see some really cheap. Is there a great advantage to cards over a $100, also I see some that say they only have media center driver, does this mean they won't work on plain old xp? thanks for any help on this. Whether it is worth it to get a TV tuner/capture card, really depends on what quality TV signal you've got. I have a TV tuner card but I don't use it, because the results look so poor. The only source in my house, with acceptable quality, is playback of a pre-recorded VHS tape. Maybe that would change with digital TV transmission, but as far as I know, there isn't any in my city. Expensive cards add compression features, which may be an advantage or it may not, depending on what you're doing. A cheap card does achieve the objective of getting the data onto your hard drive. Drivers and user software are all-important - see the customer reviews on Newegg, to get some warning about what you get with some products. Paul |
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Take a look at http://www.videohelp.com/capture.
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:18:29 -0800, BuffaloBillBrunson wrote: Hi, I would like to get a tvtuner capture card. Don't know much about them. I would like to just use windows xp, I would like to capture the files in avi format ( is this possible) Also my dvd player says it will read mpg4 files, Will any of these cards allow me to play an avi file directly to a television. I have tried using my video card for this but it doesn't want to do it. I would guess that software will allow me to make different quality ouput files to keep file size down. Is this true? I would like to keep the cost for the card under a $100 , I see some really cheap. Is there a great advantage to cards over a $100, also I see some that say they only have media center driver, does this mean they won't work on plain old xp? thanks for any help on this. |
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Paul wrote:
BuffaloBillBrunson wrote: Hi, I would like to get a tvtuner capture card. Don't know much about them. I would like to just use windows xp, I would like to capture the files in avi format ( is this possible) Also my dvd player says it will read mpg4 files, Will any of these cards allow me to play an avi file directly to a television. I have tried using my video card for this but it doesn't want to do it. I would guess that software will allow me to make different quality ouput files to keep file size down. Is this true? I would like to keep the cost for the card under a $100 , I see some really cheap. Is there a great advantage to cards over a $100, also I see some that say they only have media center driver, does this mean they won't work on plain old xp? thanks for any help on this. Whether it is worth it to get a TV tuner/capture card, really depends on what quality TV signal you've got. I have a TV tuner card but I don't use it, because the results look so poor. The only source in my house, with acceptable quality, is playback of a pre-recorded VHS tape. Maybe that would change with digital TV transmission, No maybe about it. but as far as I know, there isn't any in my city. Unlikely if its a major city. Expensive cards add compression features, which may be an advantage or it may not, depending on what you're doing. A cheap card does achieve the objective of getting the data onto your hard drive. And essentially just stream the digital stream to the hard drive, with some selection of the individual streams from what is transmitted. Drivers and user software are all-important Nope, quite a few cards are generic now in the sense that you dont have to use what comes with the card anymore. - see the customer reviews on Newegg, to get some warning about what you get with some products. |
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"BuffaloBillBrunson" wrote in message
... Hi, I would like to get a tvtuner capture card. Don't know much about them. I would like to just use windows xp, I would like to capture the files in avi format ( is this possible) Also my dvd player says it will read mpg4 files, Will any of these cards allow me to play an avi file directly to a television. I have tried using my video card for this but it doesn't want to do it. I would guess that software will allow me to make different quality ouput files to keep file size down. Is this true? I would like to keep the cost for the card under a $100 , I see some really cheap. Is there a great advantage to cards over a $100, also I see some that say they only have media center driver, does this mean they won't work on plain old xp? thanks for any help on this. The capture card has nothing to do with what you can display other than possibly supplying a codecs so you can work with a particular format. If you can play an MPG4 file on your monitor but not the TV you have it set incorrectly. IIRC on an ATI card you'd set it to "theater" mode. Ask in a newsgroup for your video card. You can get a very good tuner card for $100. For that price you can get a card with a hardware encoder to lower CPU usage. AFAIK most if not all encode to MPG2 so you'd have to transcode to MPG4. This takes time and reduces quality at least a little. Some newer DVD players will play MPG4 but most players do not so if you want to share you'd have to transcode back to MPG2, again taking extra time and losing a little quality. I have an ATI AIW and HDTV Wonder. They use software encoders. Can capture to MPG4 but I don't. Large hard drives and DVD discs(~$.15) are just too cheap to mess with the incompatibility for me. If you want to make files for something like an Ipod that would be different. YMMV I'd avoid anything that said it only had media center drivers. That would probably mean it doesn't have any software either. Start by looking at cards from Hauppauge and ATI. Someone gave you a good link, I like this one as well: digitafaq.com. Would be better to ask capture questions in a DVD-R newsgroup. For example, MPG4 is a format, AVI is a container file. Some AVI files are not compressed. Good luck |
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well i dont think anything would be as worse as Hauppauge though, they think
they have cornered the market, and their drivers and software is terrible by comparison "JAD" wrote in message ... Do not purchase a 'Sabrent' product. Drivers and software are terrible. "BuffaloBillBrunson" wrote in message ... Hi, I would like to get a tvtuner capture card. Don't know much about them. I would like to just use windows xp, I would like to capture the files in avi format ( is this possible) Also my dvd player says it will read mpg4 files, Will any of these cards allow me to play an avi file directly to a television. I have tried using my video card for this but it doesn't want to do it. I would guess that software will allow me to make different quality ouput files to keep file size down. Is this true? I would like to keep the cost for the card under a $100 , I see some really cheap. Is there a great advantage to cards over a $100, also I see some that say they only have media center driver, does this mean they won't work on plain old xp? thanks for any help on this. |
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I haven't used a Haup for so long now, that I forgot they actually exist....
"Squibbly" wrote in message ... well i dont think anything would be as worse as Hauppauge though, they think they have cornered the market, and their drivers and software is terrible by comparison "JAD" wrote in message ... Do not purchase a 'Sabrent' product. Drivers and software are terrible. "BuffaloBillBrunson" wrote in message ... Hi, I would like to get a tvtuner capture card. Don't know much about them. I would like to just use windows xp, I would like to capture the files in avi format ( is this possible) Also my dvd player says it will read mpg4 files, Will any of these cards allow me to play an avi file directly to a television. I have tried using my video card for this but it doesn't want to do it. I would guess that software will allow me to make different quality ouput files to keep file size down. Is this true? I would like to keep the cost for the card under a $100 , I see some really cheap. Is there a great advantage to cards over a $100, also I see some that say they only have media center driver, does this mean they won't work on plain old xp? thanks for any help on this. |
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On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:53:29 -0000, "Squibbly" wrote:
| well i dont think anything would be as worse as Hauppauge though, they think | they have cornered the market, and their drivers and software is terrible by | comparison I second that! But I finally gave up on tuner cards and bought a Panasonic DVD recorder. It will do everything I want that a tuner card claims to do (but often won't) . It was somewhat more than $100, but easily worth much more than any tuner card I've ever used. Larc §§§ - Change planet to earth to reply by email - §§§ |
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Larc wrote
Squibbly wrote well i dont think anything would be as worse as Hauppauge though, they think they have cornered the market, and their drivers and software is terrible by comparison I second that! But I finally gave up on tuner cards and bought a Panasonic DVD recorder. It will do everything I want that a tuner card claims to do (but often won't) . It was somewhat more than $100, but easily worth much more than any tuner card I've ever used. My tuner cards work fine and give you a lot more flexibility with multiple tuner cards per PVR, being able to record the radio channels as well as the digital TV channels, and a lot more programming flexibility on what you choose to record etc including using the integrated program guide channels and getting that stuff off the net etc. Dont need anything special hardware wise either, just a discarded PC that used to be the main system, 900MHz etc is fine. |
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