[mythtv-users] Composite Only capture card?
Cuddles -- "Soft and furry,
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cuddles at flowerseatshit.com
Mon Jul 26 19:58:13 EDT 2004
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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