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mesman00
September 20th, 2002, 19:45
hey
i was wondering how to use the tv in on my gf4. are there certain drivers i have to download?? are the proper capture drivers including w/ the latest detonator?? any help would be appreciated
Eagle
September 20th, 2002, 20:31
Originally posted by mesman00
hey
i was wondering how to use the tv in on my gf4. are there certain drivers i have to download?? are the proper capture drivers including w/ the latest detonator?? any help would be appreciated

You have TV-In on your Geforce 4? How the hell did you manage to find that? And what card was it on?
Eagle
September 20th, 2002, 20:33
Or did you me TV-Out
iq_132
September 20th, 2002, 20:34
If it was anything except NVidia, like Xtasy or something, go to their website, if it was NVidia, go to their website and look in your card's driver section.
Slougi
September 20th, 2002, 21:38
It is not really TV-in, as there is no Tuner. It's just composite in, and you'll have to use a VCR or something similar as a Tuner.

Eagle: All GF4Ti series cards have the possibility for TV-in/out, the manufacturer just needs to implement it on the board and supply a Y cable for the s-video port.
Eagle
September 21st, 2002, 01:09
Awesome, I really havent looked into Geforce 4s.
iq_132
September 21st, 2002, 01:11
Just the Tis? :(
Eagle
September 21st, 2002, 01:16
I'm sure thats the idea IQ, they dont want to give full functionality on their cheap cards so they only do it for the expensive ones. Nvidia has gotten almost as bad as Intel, but not quite as bad as M$
iq_132
September 21st, 2002, 01:18
I was just kidding...
I have a MX420, I looked through the manual about TV in and such, I didn't really care though, I'd just get a tuner card for like what? 25 bucks now?

*Oops... more like 70*
Eagle
September 21st, 2002, 01:24
Originally posted by iq_132
I was just kidding...
I have a MX420, I looked through the manual about TV in and such, I didn't really care though, I'd just get a tuner card for like what? 25 bucks now?

*Oops... more like 70*

$70!!! No, look for a Pheobe TV Master on Pricewatch.com its about $50 w/ shipping I'd like to get an HDTV capture though.
Slougi
September 21st, 2002, 02:09
If u want a stand alone TV-Tuner get a Happauge card, they have good drivers and support. I know that from first hand experience :)

I had a miro card a long time ago as well, whatever happened to them? Did Diamond buy them at some point? /me tries to remember
Eagle
September 21st, 2002, 03:54
Originally posted by Slougi
If u want a stand alone TV-Tuner get a Happauge card, they have good drivers and support. I know that from first hand experience :)

I had a miro card a long time ago as well, whatever happened to them? Did Diamond buy them at some point? /me tries to remember

No, Happauge works like N'vidia. They make chipsets others make cards. For example, my phoebe TV-Master is a Brooktree chip. Its very nice, even has a remote.
Slougi
September 21st, 2002, 15:35
http://www.hauppauge.com/html/products.htm#pci

Erm... They do make their own cards ;)
mesman00
September 21st, 2002, 18:56
this is what i installed, amcap, it came on my nvidia drivers cd, its a microsoft product (atleast says so in the about part). i have version 1.00, anyone know if there is a later version?
Stezo2k
September 21st, 2002, 19:41
try microsoft.com then :P and find out

Stez
Eagle
September 21st, 2002, 20:17
I thought WinTV was made by someone else. Hmm, guess I was wrong. Oh well, thats the first mistake I've ever made in my life.