[mythtv-users] Video Capture Card

Mitch Gore mitchell.gore at gmail.com
Thu Dec 13 22:41:05 UTC 2007


On Dec 13, 2007 4:37 PM, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:

> On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Trey Thompson wrote:
>
> > I know this is a loooooong standing discussion here.  I can't quite
> > figure out exactly what cards are out there for what I'm trying to do.
> >
> > I'm moving to UVerse, and I know an option is to still use the PVR-150
> > and PVR500 that I've got.  No biggie there.
> >
> > I'm not going to subscribe to HD yet (no HD TV).  But, I'd like to use
> > one of the other higher quality outputs on the Motorola box.  They've
> > got component out, svideo, RWY, etc...  Like I said, I know I can do
> > RWY, or svideo I guess.  But, here are a couple of questions:
> >
> > - Would I get a significantly better picture with the component out?
> > - Is anyone using a capture card that's got that?
> > - What would I use to capture the audio?
> >
> > Or, should I just stick with the red/white/yellow that I've already
> > got in the PVRs?
>
> S-Video will give you better quality than component (as you've dubbed
> RWY, I believe). There are no consumer-level cards that will capture
> component video, so don't bother. :)
>
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Mitchell
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