[mythtv-users] Composite Only capture card?

[Shaul Kedem]

Anyone has a name of such a frame-grabber? Something cheap and *good*.

Thanks,
Shaul

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:58:13 -0400, Cuddles -- "Soft and furry,
	but I've got CLAWS!" <cuddles at flowerseatshit.com> wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
> > Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> >
> >> Second, why? You can easily pick up a composite to s-video converter
> >> for next to nothing and then you don't limit your selection of cards.
> >
> >
> > My guess is he's looking for a card without a tuner (to save money,
> > perhaps?). If so, you'll be hard pressed to find one. An NTSC/PAL/SECAM
> > (i.e. analog) tuner is extremely inexpensive these days (reference all
> > the frame-grabber-type tuner cards for less than $30--including
> > manufacturer and retailer markup and all the other required components
> > of a frame grabber). Therefore, even if a manufacturer decided to make a
> > card without a tuner, the manufacturing cost would be nearly identical
> > to that of a card with a tuner, so the manufacturers all include tuners
> > as well as S-Video and/or Composite inputs. Doing so makes the marketing
> > guys' jobs easier.
> 
> Actually, I'm wanting it for a lower-end (and low-cost) mythbackend. It
> won't be recording channels at all, just the output from an old
> BarbieCam (wireless, the receiver has composite output).
> 
> But, seeing as how a composite-only card would cost the same as a full
> card, I'll probably just buy a better card than the one I'm using now on
> my main box (ATI TVWonder VE) and move this card down to the new box.
> 
> Thanks again guys for a fast reply.
> 
> And by the way, I STILL can't get my channel 44 to come in clear.
> 
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