Plaid13

Ok i have a video card with vivo although i have no idea how to go about using it or what good it is. its a 7800gt 256mb card. now i have had video cards with video out before so i could have the screen show up on the tv too but.. what about video in? can i use this to record stuff through a Svideo cable off my satalite? if i can will it have sound or just video? what kinda software should i use? anything neat i should know about vivo that i wouldnt expect? cant it make me fresh cookies? anything? anyone ever used it for anything?

catback

No it won't make cookies, pies, or your bed but it will allow you to record video into the computer, with video recording software of course. I don't have a VIVO card but I'm pretty sure your gonna have to get the sound in from your sound card line in or mic in.

Plaid13

damn i was hoping for cookies

docbungle

Try this.:

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Plaid13

nope thats not what i was asking. I know how to see it on the tv have done that before. just wondering what kinda software i would need to get stuff from a Svideo in from my satalitebox into the vid card and if it would have sound using that or if it would need to run a connection to the sound card. Say if i want to record some twilightzone or something what would i need to do that and turn it into a video file with sound.

docbungle

If you have a tv tuner in your pc (or if your video card has one...VIDEO IN alone will not enable your card to record anything, but it will allow you to watch television , or xbox, or ps2 or whatever, on your pc monitor) you can plug your cable from your cable box (or your xbox or ps2 or whatever you fancy) into the back of your video card (or your tv tuner) and record any of it using your tv tuner software. ATI's all in wonder cards have this ability; I don't believe your card does. Also, composite cables would be a better choice than s-video.

You can purchase a tv tuner for as low as $49, and it will come with its own software.

You would not need a connection to your soundcard, however.

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dhanan

7800gt 256mb GeForce? First, make sure your drivers are all updated (just go to the nvidia website). Also make sure you have the most updated WDM drivers installed. Those are the drivers needed to make the tv tuner thingy work for your card. For that card, go here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/wdm_geforce_4.13.html . Make sure you update the ForceWare drivers before the WDM. What is really cool is you can use your video in as a webcam online (at least I think its nifty). As for programs used for viewing what you have plugged in - there are many. TV Tool, Video Capturix, WebcamXP(makes a server to broadcast your inputted media over the internet). Ulead Visual Studio works well for me, and it came with my card.

A problem you may encounter - a black bar accross the screen when you try to view certain things (video tapes through a VCR is an example). Supposidly there are ways around this. I have gotten around it my own way through hardware manipulation. Just a heads up.

dhanan

Just get an adapter for a line in on your sound card. A/V to mic jack thingy. It should work fine, and a lot of capture programs you can set up how to receive the audio.