"Video In" help pls...

REi_FoX · March 16th, 2004

guys i have a geforce 4 ti 4200 8x VIVO, i know how to use the TV-out but how do I use the TV-in mode??? i plug in the necessary connectors (of course i know how =)) and im wondering what software to use...

guys can someone help me thanks!

Bahamut_Xero · March 16th, 2004

movie maker is a nice place to start. doesnt ask much and uses windows standard WDM instructions to connect to the card. good for jsut verifiying that the system is recognising it, and can get picture for it. winamp 5 with the tv card plugin is really good for watchin tv/av/s-video stuff i've found. adobe premier is good for recording, but you have to "get" it then

make sure you have directx 9 installed, it's kinda necessary for most apps with capture cards (or they get weird)

REi_FoX · March 16th, 2004

what if i want to use my monitor for my PS2??? what will i do?

KillerShots · March 16th, 2004

You'll have to make sure that you don't have SP1 installed (nVidia video in/out doesn't support SP1 according to an e-mail I received from them when I had a similar problem... dropped that card in a heartbeat and won't go back). If you don't have SP1 (but I see you do), it's a simple matter of running any video capture program. I think even Windows Movie Maker works, though it's been quite a while since I looked. Btw, the solution nVidia offers for this problem is to uninstall SP1... do you really want to do that?

Now, as for plugging your PS2 into it... well, you're not going to get much quality out of it. The cable you're going to have to use just doesn't even get up to the maximum quality a standard TV can handle. However, if you must... I recommend the S-Video (slightly higher quality than composite and nVidia supports it).

For best quality, you're going to have to invest in a component capture card (do they even make those?) and get yourself a component output from your PS2 (I have one going straight to my plasma). This effectively is a monitor resolution without the blurriness... but only at the maximum PS2 resolution (they didn't exactly build for high-res

).

REi_FoX · March 16th, 2004

WAaaaaa its a pain... thanks for the reply guys! i think i should stick to my TV rather than to my PC monitor... cause i dont want to unistall SP1 thanks again!

Valcrist · March 16th, 2004

SO I have an ati radeon 9500 with svideo, I have a 19" monitor and I have a 32" TV, but my computer desk is SOOO much more comfy than sitting on my bed. So would I get a better picture on my tv or on my monitor? I have an svideo cable on my ps2. And do I just hook the sound up to the sound card? Or does it require something more?

Bahamut_Xero · March 16th, 2004

ps2's rez is 800 i think. it looks terrible. but with a bit trickery and some AA on it it looks alright for a console on a pc monitor.

PCI capture card + grafix card is always cheaper then a grafix card with one integrated. so dont get one again kay! they are alot less buggy 2. and you dont have to pay an extra $100 each time u get a video card.

i run a PS2 into my s-video, with just the standard AV connectors and an adapter. run the sound thro my audio in (your gonna have to pick up a cable for that). s-video seems to be alot better then the composite 2.

most of the players use a button to the driver settings, which you use to select the source (coaxial, composite or s-video), so thats kept nice and tidy. i know the winamp plugin and movie maker 2 have this.

Valcrist · March 16th, 2004

ok thanks I'll try that when I get home from school!

Bahamut_Xero · March 16th, 2004

it looks different cause the screen isnt blurred to sh!t. and the scanlines are about 1/100th the size. all the ps2 games are high polygon, medium textures and low resolution. try putting ut in those sorta settings. overall it would look better, but its really designed for tv. you can do some nice blurring stuff, which makes it look more like it does on the tv.

sound just goes into the soundcard, as line in. turn your volume up and select it in the volume control for windows.

but you get to record whenever you want.

ps capture cards are frikken cheap if you wanna keep sp1. radeon capture chipsets dont work with the winamp plugin (cause they're ......)

Valcrist · March 16th, 2004

ati rules, period. lol

KillerShots · March 16th, 2004

Seems the best deal I could find in 1/4 hour is $1,249 for "Decklink SP 10-bit Component Capture Card". Wow, those guys are expensive... but that's what you need to get the best quality out of your PS2 on your computer. I'll spend a little more time looking around

EDIT: Wow... just looked on E-Bay... and there isn't anything there. I think that's the best deal around, though I think my approach would be to just build my own for 1/2 the price (It's very similar to your everyday VGA cable, with a minor difference... some are RGB, some are some weird Yb/Yr/?? weird nomenclature that appears to work differently. The RGB should be almost a 1:1 translation with the VGA output, so figure out how to take VGA input and all you need is an adapter (which I have found all over e-bay). Alternatively, hooking my PS2 up to my computer isn't much of a priority for me at the moment... I'll wait until HDTV cable becomes the norm before I need something like that.

**DarkAurora** · March 16th, 2004

Use D-scaler. That is what everyone here uses. S-video is just fine. You definetly won't get your money's worth if you spend a grand on a componet capture card.

March 16th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
REi_FoX ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Fantasy ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 3,649	"Video In" help pls... guys i have a geforce 4 ti 4200 8x VIVO, i know how to use the TV-out but how do I use the TV-in mode??? i plug in the necessary connectors (of course i know how =)) and im wondering what software to use... guys can someone help me thanks! __________________ FoR PiNoYs WhO WanTs To BuY CheAp ParTs CliCk Here also Here Processor - Intel Quad 2 Quad q6600 G0 Stepping [Stock Settings] Memory - 2GB Team Elite 800mhz Graphics Card - Palit Daytone Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Mobo - Abit IP-35-E OS - Dual Boot Windows XP Professional SP3 and Ubuntu Linux Pad - PS1 and PS2 > USB Adapter 3DMark05 Score - 35082

March 16th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
REi_FoX ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Fantasy ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 3,649	what if i want to use my monitor for my PS2??? what will i do? __________________ FoR PiNoYs WhO WanTs To BuY CheAp ParTs CliCk Here also Here Processor - Intel Quad 2 Quad q6600 G0 Stepping [Stock Settings] Memory - 2GB Team Elite 800mhz Graphics Card - Palit Daytone Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Mobo - Abit IP-35-E OS - Dual Boot Windows XP Professional SP3 and Ubuntu Linux Pad - PS1 and PS2 > USB Adapter 3DMark05 Score - 35082

March 16th, 2004	#4 (permalink)
KillerShots War Games coder Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,918	You'll have to make sure that you don't have SP1 installed (nVidia video in/out doesn't support SP1 according to an e-mail I received from them when I had a similar problem... dropped that card in a heartbeat and won't go back). If you don't have SP1 (but I see you do), it's a simple matter of running any video capture program. I think even Windows Movie Maker works, though it's been quite a while since I looked. Btw, the solution nVidia offers for this problem is to uninstall SP1... do you really want to do that? Now, as for plugging your PS2 into it... well, you're not going to get much quality out of it. The cable you're going to have to use just doesn't even get up to the maximum quality a standard TV can handle. However, if you must... I recommend the S-Video (slightly higher quality than composite and nVidia supports it). For best quality, you're going to have to invest in a component capture card (do they even make those?) and get yourself a component output from your PS2 (I have one going straight to my plasma). This effectively is a monitor resolution without the blurriness... but only at the maximum PS2 resolution (they didn't exactly build for high-res ). __________________ Primary CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Mobo: Biostar N4SLI-A9 RAM: 2G Crucial (DDR400) Video: eVGA GeForce 7900 GTX (512M) Audio: HDA X-Mystique HD(s): Maxtor 300G SATA2, Samsung 400G SATA2 OS(s): WinXP x64 Pro, Vista x32 Ultimate, Gentoo x64 Monitor(s): Primary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Secondary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Tertiary - Zenith 42" Plasma TV (1024x768 res) Many other machines... sig too short

March 16th, 2004	#5 (permalink)
REi_FoX ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Fantasy ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 3,649	WAaaaaa its a pain... thanks for the reply guys! i think i should stick to my TV rather than to my PC monitor... cause i dont want to unistall SP1 thanks again! __________________ FoR PiNoYs WhO WanTs To BuY CheAp ParTs CliCk Here also Here Processor - Intel Quad 2 Quad q6600 G0 Stepping [Stock Settings] Memory - 2GB Team Elite 800mhz Graphics Card - Palit Daytone Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Mobo - Abit IP-35-E OS - Dual Boot Windows XP Professional SP3 and Ubuntu Linux Pad - PS1 and PS2 > USB Adapter 3DMark05 Score - 35082

March 16th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	SO I have an ati radeon 9500 with svideo, I have a 19" monitor and I have a 32" TV, but my computer desk is SOOO much more comfy than sitting on my bed. So would I get a better picture on my tv or on my monitor? I have an svideo cable on my ps2. And do I just hook the sound up to the sound card? Or does it require something more? __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

March 16th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
Bahamut_Xero Peanut Cooked Fanbus Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 121	movie maker is a nice place to start. doesnt ask much and uses windows standard WDM instructions to connect to the card. good for jsut verifiying that the system is recognising it, and can get picture for it. winamp 5 with the tv card plugin is really good for watchin tv/av/s-video stuff i've found. adobe premier is good for recording, but you have to "get" it then make sure you have directx 9 installed, it's kinda necessary for most apps with capture cards (or they get weird)

March 16th, 2004	#7 (permalink)
Bahamut_Xero Peanut Cooked Fanbus Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 121	ps2's rez is 800 i think. it looks terrible. but with a bit trickery and some AA on it it looks alright for a console on a pc monitor. PCI capture card + grafix card is always cheaper then a grafix card with one integrated. so dont get one again kay! they are alot less buggy 2. and you dont have to pay an extra $100 each time u get a video card. i run a PS2 into my s-video, with just the standard AV connectors and an adapter. run the sound thro my audio in (your gonna have to pick up a cable for that). s-video seems to be alot better then the composite 2. most of the players use a button to the driver settings, which you use to select the source (coaxial, composite or s-video), so thats kept nice and tidy. i know the winamp plugin and movie maker 2 have this.

March 16th, 2004	#8 (permalink)
Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	ok thanks I'll try that when I get home from school! __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

March 16th, 2004	#9 (permalink)
Bahamut_Xero Peanut Cooked Fanbus Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 121	it looks different cause the screen isnt blurred to sh!t. and the scanlines are about 1/100th the size. all the ps2 games are high polygon, medium textures and low resolution. try putting ut in those sorta settings. overall it would look better, but its really designed for tv. you can do some nice blurring stuff, which makes it look more like it does on the tv. sound just goes into the soundcard, as line in. turn your volume up and select it in the volume control for windows. but you get to record whenever you want. ps capture cards are frikken cheap if you wanna keep sp1. radeon capture chipsets dont work with the winamp plugin (cause they're ......)

March 16th, 2004	#10 (permalink)
Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	ati rules, period. lol __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

March 16th, 2004	#11 (permalink)
KillerShots War Games coder Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,918	Seems the best deal I could find in 1/4 hour is $1,249 for "Decklink SP 10-bit Component Capture Card". Wow, those guys are expensive... but that's what you need to get the best quality out of your PS2 on your computer. I'll spend a little more time looking around EDIT: Wow... just looked on E-Bay... and there isn't anything there. I think that's the best deal around, though I think my approach would be to just build my own for 1/2 the price (It's very similar to your everyday VGA cable, with a minor difference... some are RGB, some are some weird Yb/Yr/?? weird nomenclature that appears to work differently. The RGB should be almost a 1:1 translation with the VGA output, so figure out how to take VGA input and all you need is an adapter (which I have found all over e-bay). Alternatively, hooking my PS2 up to my computer isn't much of a priority for me at the moment... I'll wait until HDTV cable becomes the norm before I need something like that. __________________ Primary CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Mobo: Biostar N4SLI-A9 RAM: 2G Crucial (DDR400) Video: eVGA GeForce 7900 GTX (512M) Audio: HDA X-Mystique HD(s): Maxtor 300G SATA2, Samsung 400G SATA2 OS(s): WinXP x64 Pro, Vista x32 Ultimate, Gentoo x64 Monitor(s): Primary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Secondary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Tertiary - Zenith 42" Plasma TV (1024x768 res) Many other machines... sig too short Last edited by KillerShots; March 16th, 2004 at 14:05.

March 16th, 2004	#12 (permalink)
DarkAurora Back from the dead Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Seymour, TN Posts: 3,735	Use D-scaler. That is what everyone here uses. S-video is just fine. You definetly won't get your money's worth if you spend a grand on a componet capture card.

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