«

I never play games on a PC but I capture video. I just purchased a
new Vaio computer and it has an ATI Radeon 9200 video card. This card
has a audio/video in and S-video in jacks on both the front and back.
I must confess that I do not know what these are used for. I thought
maybe I could capture from my VCR by doing an AV out from the VCR and
into to these but nothing happened. I have an Hollywood Bridge I was
using and was hoping I could skip that and use the these connectors
but apparently not.

The computer can apparently capture from a TV because it has a cable
connection. Can I use that to capture fro a VCR?

Anyhow, could someone give me an idea as to what these inputs are used
for.

Thanks

wrote in news:t3qpqvcvvq4ldprsgavfsiebin62mvi157
@4ax.com:

> The computer can apparently capture from a TV because it has a cable
> connection. Can I use that to capture fro a VCR?
>

You need to use the software to first display what is coming in from the
RCA/Svideo ports and then capture it. ATI's Multimedia Center (Which
should have been included) does this.

--
AIM: FrznFoodClerk (actually me)
email: de_on-lag@co_cast.net (_ = m)
website: under construction
Need a technician in the south Jersey area?
email/IM for rates/services

I don't see why you couldn't hook up the VCR. If you can capture cable
which uses a coaxial port then you should be able to use the VCR also,
because I am pretty sure they also have a coaxial port. Unless I am
mistaken. Good luck.

-aliasnexus0
<> wrote in message
news:...
> I never play games on a PC but I capture video. I just purchased a
> new Vaio computer and it has an ATI Radeon 9200 video card. This card
> has a audio/video in and S-video in jacks on both the front and back.
> I must confess that I do not know what these are used for. I thought
> maybe I could capture from my VCR by doing an AV out from the VCR and
> into to these but nothing happened. I have an Hollywood Bridge I was
> using and was hoping I could skip that and use the these connectors
> but apparently not.
>
> The computer can apparently capture from a TV because it has a cable
> connection. Can I use that to capture fro a VCR?
>
> Anyhow, could someone give me an idea as to what these inputs are used
> for.
>
> Thanks

On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 00:01:27 GMT, "James" <>
wrote:

>I don't see why you couldn't hook up the VCR. If you can capture cable
>which uses a coaxial port then you should be able to use the VCR also,
>because I am pretty sure they also have a coaxial port. Unless I am
>mistaken. Good luck.
>
>-aliasnexus0
><> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> I never play games on a PC but I capture video. I just purchased a
>> new Vaio computer and it has an ATI Radeon 9200 video card. This card
>> has a audio/video in and S-video in jacks on both the front and back.
>> I must confess that I do not know what these are used for. I thought
>> maybe I could capture from my VCR by doing an AV out from the VCR and
>> into to these but nothing happened. I have an Hollywood Bridge I was
>> using and was hoping I could skip that and use the these connectors
>> but apparently not.
>>
>> The computer can apparently capture from a TV because it has a cable
>> connection. Can I use that to capture fro a VCR?
>>
>> Anyhow, could someone give me an idea as to what these inputs are used
>> for.
>>
>> Thanks
>

One would think so. I believe you have to use their Giga Pocket
software. When I get some time I will take a look at it. Meanwhile,
I can capture thru my Hollywood Bridge

On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 18:48:26 -0000, DeMoN LaG <n@a> wrote:

> wrote in news:t3qpqvcvvq4ldprsgavfsiebin62mvi157
>@4ax.com:
>
>> The computer can apparently capture from a TV because it has a cable
>> connection. Can I use that to capture fro a VCR?
>>
>
>You need to use the software to first display what is coming in from the
>RCA/Svideo ports and then capture it. ATI's Multimedia Center (Which
>should have been included) does this.

I don' think it did , The card was installed and there was no
documentation I found in the box. Its a Sony Vaio by the way. I went
to the ATI web site to see if I could download it but the latest
version is going to ask me for my original CD in order to install.

There's almost certainly a program included to watch video on that you have
input into the computer.

My old Vaio from like 5 years ago has a TV tuner can capture the input video.
So yours must have something similar.