Need help !~!~!

[diehrd]

Hi all I have a capture card I think..Here is what it has.A video in a s-video in and a power in.It is a PCI card.

The chipset is a Bt 848AKPF

Ok I have no power supply and why does it have external power.I alos can not find the brand it is nor can I find anything at all on this card.ANY HELP WOULD BE AWSOM !~!~!~!

[drewson99]

where did you get this thing?

if you open your computer is there no brand name anywhere on the card (if you remove it and look all over it?)

[diehrd]

Actually I have it on my desk lol.It was a card I got from a friend a a recycle shop.He took it from a computer that was sent to them for recycling.

I have not tried to install it because I have no drivers,Manual,Or any thing else that tells me what it is ...Also I have looked up Bt 848 on the internet with coppernic and havent found anything relevent to this thing...

[Nelson37]

The only video card I know of with external power was the 3dfx voodoo 5 or 6, I forget which. Please describe ALL of the connectors, you did not mention any video out at all, and was the video-in composite or VGA? I'm thinking this may be a Hollywood Plus card or something similar, does the "POWER" connector look like a PS2 port? Or a headphone jack?
The Hollywood, and the 3drx I think, has 1 VGA-in (this port looks like an S-video but it is not), 1 S-video-out, 1 VGA, one composite, and one RCA.

One thing you could try is to plug it in and see what Windows recognizes it as.

[diehrd]

Ok it has 1 power in like one you may see on a Cordless phone.

It has 1 S-Video port

It has 1 Rca Video port

It has no VGA port.

I am able to produce a picture of it and can email it to you ..
If you contact me at {apellic1@rochester.rr.com}I will reply with its picture.

[Nelson37]

Except for the S-Video port, that is a precise match for a Webcam interface card which I have. I think what looks like a power connector is a microphone plug, mine is 2 or 3 years old and I haven't used it for a long time. And I can't find the camera, drivers, or manuals, sorry but as I recall it was pretty plug-and-play.

[diehrd]

Except for the S-Video port, that is a precise match for a Webcam interface card which I have. I think what looks like a power connector is a microphone plug, mine is 2 or 3 years old and I haven't used it for a long time. And I can't find the camera, drivers, or manuals, sorry but as I recall it was pretty plug-and-play.

The ports are labled Video,,,S-Video,,,Power
The chipset clearly ststes Video Decoder Bt848AKPF
I am building a second dual AMD box and wont have the ability to plug this in to that system till Monday,My curent system I wont install it on simply because it is in use 24/7 .....

[drewson99]

i did a yahoo search and found a lot of info at "computing.net"

here is one quote:

I have 'cubic videocomm' video capture card. Does any one know, from where i can get a driver for windows 2000.
Following text is written on the card's chip.

Bt848akpf
Video decoder
B43516.3
9732
I searched yahoo with the bt....... #

Andy

[drewson99]

seems like there are a lot of people there looking for drivers for this thing, and some drivers have been found.

-A

[Nelson37]

That IS a webcam interface card. Same legend on my chip. The mystery connector, as I recall, is indeed a power take-off for the webcam.

I would have to assume it would not be adequate for high-quality video capture as webcams typically are max at 320x240, 15 fps.

However, just to repeat and not get your hopes up, that is a low-end interface card for a simple webcam.