Using a TV card with a video capture card?

NDGAARONDI

Do people use a TV card with a video capture card bearing mind that you probably already have a graphics card too?

I have a Matrox RTX.100 and thinking of getting the Hauppauge HVR-4000 too to record some old programmes I used to watch, which are not released on DVD or VHS.

As long as I have enough PCI slots from the motherboard I should be okay shouldn't I? Do I need any antennas for the computer or something too? I'm completely new to this.

I'm getting fed up with tons of VHSs clogging up space in my room and as videotapes are big and have poor picture quality, I am starting to convert everything to movie clips on the computer, whether from VHS or from TV.

I did think of other video capture devices such as the Avid Mojo (standard and SDI), the Caopus Edius as well as a few others.

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harley2ride

From everything I have read about the Matrox rtx100 cards, they are pretty finicky. Adding something to another slot may work, or it may upset the cart. That is a pretty high power card you have, and you are talking about more professional level stuff. Are you doing professional level work? Or, do you just have too much money? LOL

Tell me more about your system specs, why you chose the rtx100, and what software you are using.

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Rob

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NDGAARONDI

System specs:

Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 sound card
Intel Core Quadro QX6700 10.667GHz
nVidia 8800 GTX GeForce graphics card
500GB HDD
4GB of PC2 DDR2 RAM
Windows XP SP2
525W PSU fan

I chose RTX100 for real-time encoding etc.

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"I like the look of Mourinho, there's a bit of the young Clough about him. For a start, he's good-looking and he doesn't believe in the star system. He's consumed with team spirit and discipline and I was very encouraged by Porto and Monaco getting to last season's Champions' League final. They had nothing to play with financially, compared to the big guns like Real Madrid and Manchester United, and they embarrassed the lot." Brian Clough

harley2ride

If you just want a TV card to capture television broadcasts, and record them to your Hard drive, why not look into one of the usb capture devices.

And looking at your system specs., if you want to be serious about capture and video editing, all video editing hardware and /softwares recommend two seperate HD's. One for software, and one for storage. Since you already have a 500gb HD, you should look into getting a raptor HD for your primary drive.

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Rob

IN WIN Dragon Rider case, Asrock z68 extreme4, core I7 2600k @4.0, cm hyper 212 plus, 8gb Gskill 1600mhz cl8 memory, xfx 6870 & xfx 6850 (crossfire), Samsung pinpoint f3 1tb 7200 rpm hdd, Crucial M4 128gb SSD, wd 600gb velociraptor, 4tb NAS, win 7 pro 64bit, Samsung S203N DVD burner,LG bluray burner, LG 23" IPS236V, Klipsch Pro-Media 5.1

C2D E6550,3gb DDR2-800mhz,150gb 10000rpm raptor (R.I.P.) - replaced with 180GB Intel 330 SSD ,1TB sataII hdd,g eforce 8800 gt, Vista Ultimate, Hanspree 25" LCD ,Samsung bluray DVD reader\dvd\rw16x, Samsung S203N, ADS Pyro A/V Link,Klipsch Pro-Media 5.1 SS

NDGAARONDI

Thank you.

Though it's 2 x 250GB anyway. Am thinking of an upgrade as I go along as I have other things to do.

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"I like the look of Mourinho, there's a bit of the young Clough about him. For a start, he's good-looking and he doesn't believe in the star system. He's consumed with team spirit and discipline and I was very encouraged by Porto and Monaco getting to last season's Champions' League final. They had nothing to play with financially, compared to the big guns like Real Madrid and Manchester United, and they embarrassed the lot." Brian Clough

harley2ride

You can find quite a bit of information about the card you are using, and video machine setup, and www.videoguys.com. Very good site for professional and semi-professional video folks.

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Rob

IN WIN Dragon Rider case, Asrock z68 extreme4, core I7 2600k @4.0, cm hyper 212 plus, 8gb Gskill 1600mhz cl8 memory, xfx 6870 & xfx 6850 (crossfire), Samsung pinpoint f3 1tb 7200 rpm hdd, Crucial M4 128gb SSD, wd 600gb velociraptor, 4tb NAS, win 7 pro 64bit, Samsung S203N DVD burner,LG bluray burner, LG 23" IPS236V, Klipsch Pro-Media 5.1

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NDGAARONDI

Yeah I've briefly went over there. Will go in more depth later on. Since I've got to get my PC back from needing a fix.

I have a lot of VHSs to capture along with a load of batch converting on one of my HDDs (external). And then I hope to capture some satellite TV footage. I'm usually away at work a lot so I'm not around to watch my programmes I used to. Plus they're mainly educational etc like consumer programmes which are handy for research like Panorama, Inside Out and Newsnight. And I despise VHSs for the amount of space they have taken up in my room - I have tons!

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"I like the look of Mourinho, there's a bit of the young Clough about him. For a start, he's good-looking and he doesn't believe in the star system. He's consumed with team spirit and discipline and I was very encouraged by Porto and Monaco getting to last season's Champions' League final. They had nothing to play with financially, compared to the big guns like Real Madrid and Manchester United, and they embarrassed the lot." Brian Clough