S-Video as second "Tuner"?

Jagual · 2005-12-07, 03:32

This may be a stupid question, but here it goes:
My TV Card has a input for standard cable and a S-Video input. I have my digital cable box connected to the S-Video input. Since these are two completely different sources, does anyone know if it's possible to record from the standard cable input and the S-Video input at the same time?

bombonator · 2005-12-07, 04:33

Basically no, I did a quick test with my Hauppauge MCE150, which is a hardware card also. I usually only use the card for the svideo input but was curious about this so i tuned a few analogue channels via the antenna/cable input.

I found that while recording from 1 of the sources it basically locks the card to that task - i couldnt get it to switch inputs to even watch the other once recording was going.

Hardware cards have a mpeg2 encoder, i'd say this can only do 1 source at a time and why these simulatenous usage scenarios don't work. Software cards might be a different story, but 2 software recordings at the same time may tax the computer too much anyway - dunno though.

BTW: FM Radio also does not function when recording from any of the inputs on the same card.

Jagual · 2005-12-07, 21:29

You're right. I couldn't get it to work and was wondering if it was possible. But what you said makes sense. Thanks!

2005-12-07, 03:32	#1 (permalink)
Jagual Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	S-Video as second "Tuner"? This may be a stupid question, but here it goes: My TV Card has a input for standard cable and a S-Video input. I have my digital cable box connected to the S-Video input. Since these are two completely different sources, does anyone know if it's possible to record from the standard cable input and the S-Video input at the same time? __________________ PC Specs: P4 3.0GHz on ASRock P4V88- 1GB RAM- 200GB (40+160) Maxtor HD's 7200RPM ATA133- AverMedia UltraTV 1500 MCE- GeForce4 MX 420 64MB (Latest Drivers for all) SW: XP Pro SP2- WMP 10- DirectX 9.0c- .NET Framework 1.1- WinDVD 5

2005-12-07, 21:29	#3 (permalink)
Jagual Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	You're right. I couldn't get it to work and was wondering if it was possible. But what you said makes sense. Thanks! __________________ PC Specs: P4 3.0GHz on ASRock P4V88- 1GB RAM- 200GB (40+160) Maxtor HD's 7200RPM ATA133- AverMedia UltraTV 1500 MCE- GeForce4 MX 420 64MB (Latest Drivers for all) SW: XP Pro SP2- WMP 10- DirectX 9.0c- .NET Framework 1.1- WinDVD 5

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2005-12-07, 04:33	#2 (permalink)
bombonator Portal Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 43 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Basically no, I did a quick test with my Hauppauge MCE150, which is a hardware card also. I usually only use the card for the svideo input but was curious about this so i tuned a few analogue channels via the antenna/cable input. I found that while recording from 1 of the sources it basically locks the card to that task - i couldnt get it to switch inputs to even watch the other once recording was going. Hardware cards have a mpeg2 encoder, i'd say this can only do 1 source at a time and why these simulatenous usage scenarios don't work. Software cards might be a different story, but 2 software recordings at the same time may tax the computer too much anyway - dunno though. BTW: FM Radio also does not function when recording from any of the inputs on the same card.