Ok, I just got a new comp and it has a built in TV card. I just wanted to know if a TV card and a capture card are the same thing --> if I can start capturing from TV just using this TV card or if additional hardware is necessary.
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OK, my baseball bat is upstairs. No, its not the same. Movie capture hardware has nothing to do with your video card. These are dedicated things. Some (like ATI) offer both on one board: look-up AllinWonder series.
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Some TV cards will also do capture so look on the back of the card and if it has the three RCA connectors or better yet a s-video input then you could do video capture with the card.
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Giggo,
You can get more info on Tv Cards here:http://www.tv-cards.com/
You'll also need some sort of software to capture with the TV card.
Virtual VCR is a great and FREE capture utility.
Hope this helps
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Read the literature that came with it or ask the vendor.!
MS has come out with a new XP edition supporting TV etc-OEMs are bundling TV tuner cum capture cards with the special XP edition-they are available here-yours is most probably such a machine and you should be able to capture.
Reportedly MS has put lot of anti-piracy software into the special edition. Hope the info is wrong.
Best of luck -
TV card is tuner card, though most often a capture card with a tuner. A capture card normally has no tuner.
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