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114928 2003-01-18 22:44:00 I was going to say the same as valientz, is your card video-in?

Here is a really simple way to check - how many connectors are on the back of the card?

If there is one for the PC monitor, and one other that has a bit of cable with an RCA plug on the end and that is all, check the display properties (right click desktop, properties, advanced) look around for something like twinView, or nView or something. If you have the option for two displays, then your card is TV-out, not video in, and as such what you are trying won't work.

If there are more connectors on the card, then it should be possible.

Craig.
craig_b (2740)
114929 2003-01-18 22:53:00 I am not at all sure your card actually has Video in.
I have a GF4 MX460 ViVo (Video in Video out) VGA and DVI
The 440 I looked at did not have Video in, only TV Out (Video Out) VGA and DVI

Mine has a special video plug, which accepts a special lead that came with the card, which breaks out to RCA in, RCA out SVHS in SVHS out.
godfather (25)
114930 2003-01-18 22:55:00 Yeah mine came with a special cable too s-video to RCA i think it is. yeah maybe i dont have video in/out :S XP-dition (3016)
114931 2003-01-18 23:01:00 The manuals can be confusing as they cover all variants.

If your lead has plugs for both in and out they will be different colours, I would expect to see 4 plugs on it. Or two RCA at minimum, coloured differently.
godfather (25)
114932 2003-01-18 23:02:00 But apart from everything else, you were on the right track, and what you were trying to do would work, and was a good solution. godfather (25)
114933 2003-01-18 23:06:00 Just looked at my manual again, and it shows a single plug lead for TV out .

It only refers to cards with ViVo feature for Video in ability, and shows the 4 plug lead .
godfather (25)
114934 2003-01-18 23:22:00 Why don't you just download a Playstation emulator?? Bleem comes to mind... A search on google (directory.google.com) comes up with some good places to look for it.

Lo.
Lohsing (219)
114935 2003-01-18 23:26:00 I have scanned the cable onto my crap page :P My Crappy Page (www.geocities.com) XP-dition (3016)
114936 2003-01-18 23:35:00 Ok, if that is the only end on the cable from the graphics card - as the pic suggests (its kind o dim tho) then it is a tv-out card only, and what you are trying simply can't work with your hardware - :( - was a nice idea tho.

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and to Loshing - please please please don't reiterate what has already been said by many people. It is so unneccessary.
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craig_b (2740)
114937 2003-01-18 23:44:00 Apologies if it has been said before! Didn't bother to read the other replies... just went through the first page...

Figured that if something could carry on for that many replies, then such a simple solution can't have been thought of already! :D

Lo.
Lohsing (219)
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