The card will work. The only I would be afraid of is if you processor can encode the TV. Im note sure but that capture card is a frame grabber. You may have to buy a hardware encoded card.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 3/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Angus</b> <<a href="mailto:sylvania@istop.com">sylvania@istop.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Mitch Gore wrote:<br>> nvidia 5200 and 6200 are the most popular. I know the 5200 comes in<br>> PCI not sure about the 6200.<br><br> 6200 does, too, but when I tried to look up the hardware<br>requirements for this card, I got no where. I e-mailed nVidia asking for
<br>this information, but I get the feeling they are the type of outfit that<br>doesn't answer its mail.<br><br>><br>> Mitchell<br>><br>> On 3/29/07, *Angus* < <a href="mailto:sylvania@istop.com">sylvania@istop.com
</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:sylvania@istop.com">sylvania@istop.com</a>>><br>> wrote:<br>><br>> Rod Smith wrote:<br>> > On Thursday 29 March 2007 22:55, Angus wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> It seems that TV out isn't quite as well supported as I
<br>> thought. I've<br>> >> read through the Wikis and mailing lists and I can't figure out<br>> where to<br>> >> get started. If I have a very low-budget card with a TV out
<br>> (say, a<br>> >> KWorld Global Terminator, which has a SAA713? chipset, still)<br>> and I want<br>> >> to connect the TV out to my TV, how do I go about beginning<br>> with that?
<br>> >><br>> ><br>> > The KWorld Global Terminator is a TV *capture* card, meaning you<br>> plug in an<br>> > antenna, cable TV cable, or the like to *record* TV using the
<br>> card. AFAIK, it<br>> > lacks the ability to send output *to* a TV. To be sure we're<br>> talking about<br>> > the same thing, check these URLs:<br>> ><br>><br>> You know what, I think you're right. That's just great! I make
<br>> very<br>> certain that this card has everything I want, but it turns out all<br>> along<br>> that that TV port is an input port, not an output port. Good thing I<br>> didn't spend too much money for this stupid thing, but nothing would
<br>> have been a better price for nothing.<br>><br>> > For TV output, you need one of several things:<br>> ><br>> > 1) A regular computer video card and a separate converter box<br>
> that takes the<br>> > VGA output from the video card and converts it to a TV<br>> standard suitable<br>> > for your TV, such as composite, S-video, DVI, etc.<br>> ><br>> > 2) A computer video card that includes a TV output suitable for
<br>> your TV, such<br>> > as composite, S-video, DVI, etc.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> [snip]<br>> > Most people go for option #2 because a video card with TV<br>> outputs isn't much
<br>> > more expensive than a video card without TV outputs, whereas a<br>> converter box<br>> > (needed for #1) is moderately expensive. They can be had fairly<br>> cheaply on<br>> > eBay, though, so if you've got an otherwise suitable video card,
<br>> #1 might be<br>> > a reasonable way to go.<br>> ><br>> Alright then, does anyone else use MythTV for TV out? Can anyone<br>> recommend a card? I realize that there already are some
<br>> recommendations,<br>> but I have a few special needs. My computer is an 800MHz Celeron,<br>> w/out<br>> any AGP. So I'd need a PCI card that can handle a CPU w/only 800MHz.<br>><br>
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