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| 476847 | 2006-08-10 08:32:00 | Ah ok then C in pic 2 is the connection u connect the video out to (from the video). You need a RCA to 9 pin din plug adapter. So, it can take something like a video or similar. All we have to do, is find out where in the program you're using, how to switch it so it picks up a signal, once the video is connnected, turned on, and a video is playing. Did u get this "spider cable" with this tuner? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 476848 | 2006-08-10 09:29:00 | Yes I have a spiser cab with the tuner and I have tried to use it with no luck . The program came with the tuner also, so I am to assume it must have the appropriate settings somewhere, I just haven't been able to find my way around it I guess . These bleedin' things came without manuals :mad: So, what do you suggest I try next? I am all ears :) |
Sanco (683) | ||
| 476849 | 2006-08-10 10:12:00 | What version of Powercinema is installed? v3 or 4? According to this site (support.packardbell.com) PowerCinema allows you to capture video from a DV (Digital Video) source (e.g. a digital video camera) but not an analogue source (e.g. an analogue video camera). Video from an analogue source can be captured using PowerProducer. PowerProducer is a program that allows you to author your own movies and burn them directly onto disk. To launch the PowerProducer program go to Start > All Programs > Home Entertainment > PowerProducer. Alternatively, PowerProducer can be started from within PowerCinema by going to Videos > My Videos and clicking on the Edit button. For further instructions on using PowerProducer, please click on the Help icon inside the program. You havent got Nerovision installed have you?? This may record from the VCR. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 476850 | 2006-08-10 21:00:00 | Version 3 I think, funny though I can't even seem to be able to get a picture. Yes I do have Nerovision Express just found it in the Nero 6 suite. Well, I will test that tonight and let you know how it goes. While looking at Nerovision this morning I have noticed that it had detected my audio and video card right away, which is a good sign. Thank you again Speedy, talk to you tonight. |
Sanco (683) | ||
| 476851 | 2006-08-12 02:15:00 | Hi Sanco, sorry about the delay - its been one of those weeks. Yes, the Cyberlink power producer will capture video from the TV tuner card. You have Powercinema, which is another of their products, so head to their website and download the trial version. It is fully functional and you can try it out for a month or so before buying. Should be just what you want. |
andy (473) | ||
| 476852 | 2006-08-12 02:52:00 | I'll do Andy, and let you know in due course. In the meantime I have tried nerovision - all morning - and at the beginning could only manage to get the sound, then the picture appeared...for 20 minutes, and it all seemed to go well. The picture then disappeared, and the software could not receive the video signal again, although the sound was still there. It could be a faulty tv card or a faulty RCA to 9 pin cable. Hope is the latter. So I'll head to the harvey norman store and have the cable checked first and if it works then I'll have the card checked (pc still under warranty thank goodness) and take it from there. I'll keep you guys posted anyhow with the developments of this little project of mine, a "little" project that is fast becoming bigger than Texas, as most things tend to do when they involve the use of a blooming pc ;) |
Sanco (683) | ||
| 476853 | 2006-08-12 05:57:00 | Here's the Capture Format Profile that I use with my WinFast card: Video Codec: MPEG - 2 Codec Capture Size: 720 x 576 Bitrate: 8000 Kbps Capture Quality: Optimal Compression Frame Rate: 25.000 fps Audio Codec: MPEG - 1 Audio Layer - II Bitrate: 224 kbps Once captured onto the hard drive (be it directly off the satellite dish or VHS), I edit the file with TMPGEnc DVD Author and then burn to disc using DVD Shrink |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 476854 | 2006-08-12 22:31:00 | Thank you Zippity, this info will come in handy once the functionality of my hardware has been assessed. Interesting interlude yesterday at Harvey Norman, when I took the spider cab in to be checked and the guy looked baffled to see that piece of wire with lots of RCA's sticking out of it. He started to ask me irrelevant questions on what was happening, and I soon realised he did not know what he was trying to talk about and seemed desperate to catch up with this " new " technology called home entertainment system. In fact, it was kind of refreshing to learn that I am not the only person that still lives in the triassic era. The guy kept on telling me how he couldn't understand why I would use a DVD player to download a movie into my pc through that cable when there are simpler ways to do so through the DVD burner that came with the PC. I explained to the guy that I was actually trying to transfer VHS tapes from my VCR to dvd, at which the serviceman exclaimed: " That's it. Your VCR's heads need cleaning " . I was getting uneasy wasting my time with this likeable but, alas, unhelpful chap, but I went on to explain that the VCR worked fine with my TV set where I did get a nice picture from it and that there was a difference between not getting a picture and not getting a signal altogether. The guy then suggested I brought my pc in so that they could test the spider cab on it and work by elimination...but if the cursed thing does not work, how are they going to work to find out whether is the card or the cable? At this the guy said; " well, we do not have another machine to test the cable with " I looked around in amazement and there were at least 40 pc's running on their shelves so I told him that, and he responded: " oh those, yes, but we do not have a VCR to connect them too " ... Need to say how many VCR's I could spot from my observation point? Amazing, huh? So today I am going in and I will bring my PC with me for testing...sob...I hope to get a different " technician " this time. |
Sanco (683) | ||
| 476855 | 2006-08-12 23:16:00 | lol. Obviouusly that guy needs another job. Umm, So, this spider cable has 3 RCA plugs and the din plug at the other end of this cable? Did u make sure u had the plugs in the right sockets going from the video to the back of the tuner? So, u get a picture. This maybe the reason why, when u tried Nerovision, u could hear sound? Cos the cable was plugged into the wrong RCA socket on the video? Somehow, I think Powercinema is only for the tuner, (to get the channels), not for the video in, on the back of the tuner, I have a similar cable but a separate female RCA socket I connect one of the cables from the spider cable to (for video out from the video). Works fine |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 476856 | 2006-08-13 01:21:00 | Hi Speedy Gonzalez Yes, the spider cab has a ps/2 (9pin) socket and 3 RCA's yellow for video, white for audio and red . . . I'm buggered if I know what it is for :rolleyes: My tv card has 3 inputs at the back, a radio antenna, a tv aerial and the ps/2, the VCR has 4 RCA's sockets at the back, colour coded yellow and white, video/audio in and video/audio out, so I believe that is a fool proof connection for me to make . I have to take my pc back tuesday for testing, but I am adamant that it is either a faulty cable or tv card, so I'll have to wait until then before I can post an answer to some of your questions . . . they may even find out that I could not work out how to connect the whole thing or use the software . . . ummm we'll see . Power cinema also comes with video capture settings either from a camera or a VCR, so I guess it should be able to run the task, yet it also could not detect video signal as nerovision, that is why I am starting to believe it is the hardware that must be faulty . :) Either way, it has been an extremely interesting learning curve for me, and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your expert advice and friendly disposition . :thumbs: |
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