A solution to the SCART-problem? (1 Viewer)

[Spragleknas]

Everyone here from europe probably know what I'm talking about:
STB w/SCART out - to tv-card with s-video in --> ok picture, but never as good as STB connected directly. (Also, some STB does a D/A-convertion - which later is converted A/D by TV-card. Using a CRT (or LCD/plasma with only analouge) makes another D/A-convertion.

I thought the SweetSpot RGB-capture device would be the answer, but this is SW-based and not working with MP ATM (from last post on the issue).

I stumbled oppon this:
Miglia Director's Cut SCART

Link: http://www.miglia.com/products/video/dcscart/index.html

Transfering SCART (RGB) to DV/FireWire!

Great idea - isn't it? On the downside, it's rather expensive....


Any ideas weather this is supported by MP?

 

[mPod]

Firewire capturing (includes watching) is not possible with MP (yet). Btw, there are uncountable devices like the one you posted. Even "not that expensive" ones. ;-) Doesn't help, tho, if it doesn't work with MP.

 

[Spragleknas]

Ok. Damn...

Thanks for info, mPod. Guess I gotto keep looking for antoher solution.

 

[Jake m]

if it did work, i don't think it would help much, all your really doing is changing the path of the data and not the number of a/d and d/a conversions (thus the amount of noise in the signal).
it would be cool if you could reduce the number of conversions but i dont know if you can get a stb with a digital video output.

 

[Spragleknas]

I belive that STB in the USA (or some states only?) has FW-out for MPEG2 - due to a law that says thay have to give the user accses to raw data....