USB 2.0 Video out

[bugster]

Not sure this is the best forum, but anyway...

Does any body know of a device that connects to a PC with USB2.0 and will allow you to streamn video to it which it then converts to composite/s-video for display on a standard TV set.

I know this is an odd set up, but I have my reasons for (maybe) needing such a device, and it must be USB, firewire/ethernet or any other form of connection is no good, USB only.

[rallynavvie]

Looks like this is such a device:
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814160024

[redwudz]

Might be a hard device to find. Here's a USB to SVGA converter, but I haven't seen one that outputs composite.http://www.usbgear.com/USB2_SVGA_USB_video_carD/

[bugster]

Looks like this is such a device:
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814160024

No, thats a TV input/tuner/capture device. Thanks anyway.

Might be a hard device to find. Here's a USB to SVGA converter, but I haven't seen one that outputs composite.http://www.usbgear.com/USB2_SVGA_USB_video_carD/

Well, with that, I can the use a VGA to Svideo/composite converter. Its at least in the right direction, thanks!

[rallynavvie]

Look at it again.

Specifically look at the first review of it as well as the inputs AND outputs it has

[bugster]

Look at it again.

Specifically look at the first review of it as well as the inputs AND outputs it has

I looked again. The st review says it was used as a TV tuner for a laptop, says nothing about outputting video from the PC, via USB. Sure it has "S-Video/Audio out", but again nothing says you do do video out from the PC via USB. You may be right, but I don't see it from that page.

[rallynavvie]

Apprently there's an Ultra version of that same tuner per the manufacturer's website with more features but the s-vid/audio out Y-cable has me thinking it can output video as well as being a tuner. After reading about them even I'm a little interested in how well it works.

Oddly I found this Hauppauge product that uses an ethernet interface. That was pretty intriguing to me as well:
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116617

What exactly is this a solution for? I'm curious...

[bugster]

What exactly is this a solution for? I'm curious...

Can't really say except its related to something my emplyer 'may' be developing

[rallynavvie]

Ah, NDAs. I never really pay any attention to those at my day job

I'm developing something of my own for my home business and that ethernet unit suddenly caught my attention. BTW if you do find a USB solution for that and you need extensions for USB (the USB spec only allows for 4m cable lengths or some such) and are looking to those USB through Cat5 bridges: they will not work through patch panels as far as I can tell. I finally had to run a dedicated Cat5 cable for my USB bridge to work properly. That's why that network one is interesting me. Although if it requires another NIC and isn't shareable across my LAN then maybe it's not so great.

[thefiddler]

check out the new Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor:
http://www.soundblaster.com/products/Audigy2ZS_Video_Editor/

only its not available quite yet. however, when it is I'm definitely getting one.

[rallynavvie]

Oh my, I wouldn't recommend that unless you absolutely can't use FireWire on your system. Why Creative Labs made that a USB peripheral instead of either FireWire or its own proprietary cable coming off a PCI card (like the breakout boxes for their sound cards) is unbelievable. Go dig around this forum for the USB vs FireWire debates. In all the years since USB 2.0 and FireWire I've only ever had troubles with USB devices.

Obviously bugster has some specific application for this where he can only use USB. That sucks because there are an abundance of video devices that would do what he's looking for via FireWire.

Speaking of crap the Dazzle DVC-150 is USB and allows capture and output using composite or s-video via USB. They're kinda pricey though but it is a USB peripheral that supports video output.

[bugster]

Speaking of crap the Dazzle DVC-150 is USB and allows capture and output using composite or s-video via USB. They're kinda pricey though but it is a USB peripheral that supports video output.

Hey, that Dazzle is exactly what I was looking for! Why didn't you point it out earlier???

I wouldn't quite say that price is no issue here, but $150 retail is not out of the question for what we are looking for, thanks!!

[bugster]

I have just had a thought.
Is there such a thing as a USB 2.0 to firewire converter. Lots of devices accept DV-In via firewire right

So if we could do DV-video out via USB 2.0, then simply convert the interface from USB 2.0 to firewire with some external device this should then be compatible with many DV-In devices. Any thoughts anyone?

[rallynavvie]

Hey, that Dazzle is exactly what I was looking for! Why didn't you point it out earlier???

Because it's a Dazzle. If you're using it simply for outputting video then you may be OK with it but anything beyond that is going to frustrate the hell out of you. Notice how all the Dazzle video hardware products are USB now? I still have one of their older boards that is FireWire and it worked splendidly enough that I recommended their products to a friend. By that time they had done away with their 1394 devices so he got the USB equivalent (I think one step down from the one I pointed out to you) and it wouldn't work with his printer or his external hard drive plugged in with USB. Did the same thing on both my PCs at the time as well.

As for the FireWire to USB converters I believe there are some but I really wouldn't trust them. FireWire is an offshoot of SCSI technology in that it assigns IDs to every device on the chain (another advantage of 1394, that) and utilizes its bandwidth differently as such. Given the choice I would take my chances with the Dazzle thing.