Converting Component HD Back To Analog Signal

[XxMistaMADDxX]

Hi, I'm new here and registered because I don't know where to go. I used to install home theatre systems so I'm somewhat familiar with A/V lingo but with computers I think I act like I know more than I do.

My question is this, I want to record my gameplay from my 360. I bought a Dazzle Video Creator Platinum last night and tried to start recording my gameplay. My concern was that my 360 has the HD component cables running into my HDTV. On those cables, there are standard TV RCA outs but they don't work if you are running the component cables because there is a switch in the back that disables them. So I play in HDTV and have an analog input on the Dazzle for recording. This creates a problem. It seems that I can't have both.

I used the monitor out on the TV and tried to run them into the Dazzle but no signal was produced. So my assumption was that the TV doesn't downconvert the signal back to analog.

Is there a way to have the component cables running, split them, run them into the TV(So I can still play in HD) and then get them back to analog for the Dazzle recording device? I was thinking about it and I know there are receivers that offer component video switching that I could run the 360 components into, run the components back out to the TV and then RCA's into the Dazzle but that costs alot more money. Is there an external switcher that would allow for me to run this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[edDV]

True the Xbox360 will run in HD or composite/S-Video SD but not both at once.

XBox360 HD display options are component analog or VGA. If you use VGA, there are boxes that will take VGA in and output in various formats but down conversion to SD (composite or S-Video) for computer recording would be an expensive feature. Someone out there might be designing such a box at consumer prices rather than the thousands it would normally take.

[XxMistaMADDxX]

What if I took another approach?

I used the VGA HD cables, is there a way to split them and then get an end into my laptop through S-Video or USB or something?

[edDV]

What if I took another approach?

I used the VGA HD cables, is there a way to split them and then get an end into my laptop through S-Video or USB or something?

XBox out = something like 1360x768 or 1280x768 VGA

PC in is RF (NTSC or ATSC), composite or S-Video (analog). Current digital inputs are via USB2 or IEEE-1394.

Hand this note to a hardware development team and have get from high def VGA to one or more of the above formats. Then sell the box.

[bobkart]

This question gets asked from time to time. What's needed is a cost-effective HD-to-SD (480i) downconverter. I'm not aware of one at this time. Hell I can't even find a low-cost 480p-to-480i converter.

So I have to play Gran Turismo 4 in 480i if I want to record it. And even then I need a splitter. Sounds like you will too for your Xbox360.

[poonaner]

Look into Yamaha receivers, the newer ones will output component HD to your set and also allow you to run an svid or composite to your dazzle.

[XxMistaMADDxX]

If used this(www.officedepot.com/products/ADS-TV-Elite-XGA-Converter-1024/703576/) Would I ihave to run a standard def signal still from the 360 or would it do the conversion at the box and apply it correctly to the capture card?

[edDV]

You would need a VGA splitter if you wanted to see on the monitor as well. Quality would be poor RF (~VHS quality)

[bobkart]

Some of those VGA-to-NTSC converters have a VGA pass-through.

[edDV]

Some of those VGA-to-NTSC converters have a VGA pass-through.

Yeah like this one, but it doesn't seem to downconvert 1280x1024 to 480i SD component.
http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/KD-VA5.htm