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251940 2004-07-13 01:25:00 Has anyone else got/used this card?

I bought it and have been unable to use it with ANY other Video Capture software.

If anyone else has this card & has been able to use it with other software (WinDVR, Beyond TV, Sage TV etc...) could you please tell me how you accomplished this.

Thanks,

-=Tom=-
mr_rix (5375)
251941 2004-07-13 03:37:00 > Has anyone else got/used this card?

Yep, I have it (or at lest is it’s the Pixelview TV card, don’t know it is pro), I can’t remember :8}

> I bought it and have been unable to use it with ANY
> other Video Capture software.
>
> If anyone else has this card & has been able to use
> it with other software (WinDVR, Beyond TV, Sage TV
> etc...) could you please tell me how you accomplished
> this.

It works well with Windows Movie Maker & it own Video Capture software works well

Hope this sort of helps :)
stu120404 (268)
251942 2004-07-13 05:15:00 Hmmm,

I never knew there was a record feature in Movie Maker.
I need a program that I can use to record things on BBC World at around 3am.

If your card came with a remote & can recieve radio it's the pro version :)
mr_rix (5375)
251943 2004-07-13 05:19:00 Tried VirtualDub? Chilling_Silence (9)
251944 2004-07-13 06:08:00 If it's the Pro HD then yes. Real crap. Only captures in raw avi. Can't get it to capture in MPEG, also only seems to want to tune into one channel when I do a channel scan. Hence the reason I asked Chilling about his Vox what the capture quality was like but he never answered.. so it must be crap as well.. paulw (1826)
251945 2004-07-13 06:20:00 Who me? No, capture is briliant!
Software is pretty good, but cant beat TVTime or MythTV :D

This exports as AVI's but I use software to convert it and change/chop it etc.
Chilling_Silence (9)
251946 2004-07-13 06:31:00 > also only seems to want to tune into one
> channel when I do a channel scan.

What are you using for an antenna? It will need connection to a good quality outdoor aerial, anything internal will get swamped by EMI/RFI from your computer.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
251947 2004-07-13 07:11:00 Yeh, I'm just running a 6m extension from the roof topo antenna (probably degrades performance 8-) ) . Hmmm, I'll try VirtualDub .

I don't have the Pro HD, just the Pro .

Oh yeh, the FM reception on this thing is amazing .
mr_rix (5375)
251948 2004-07-13 07:38:00 Thanx Cilling.

What's the quality of DVD complient MPEG2 files like?? Have you tried burning these to a DVD..??
paulw (1826)
251949 2004-07-13 09:17:00 The visual quality of any MPEG2 files will depend strongly on the visual quality of the source.

I know that your question isn't relevant to the Pixelview PlayTV Pro HD, but I honestly don't really see a point in getting a card that supports high definition media, when we don't even have broadcasting support for that HD-TV yet.

Sure, you might call it upgrading with the future in mind, but I bet it'll be a long time before high definition broadcasting makes it to New Zealand.
agent (30)
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