Video Card - Capture card question

[Succorso]

Thanks in advance for the help. My head is going to explode soon if I don't get this figured out.


Assuming I am going to use Sage what cards do I need ?

Standard tv - Video card ? Haupage Wintv card ?

Hidef - Video Card ? Wintv Card ? and Hd card ? I realize the support for hidef is coming soon.

Basically, do I need a video card and a wintv card for standard tv (satellite) and then in the future a hidef card ? 3 cards ? Full house ?

Please help.

Succorso

[dkardatzke]

That could be ugly *visualizes someone's head exploding* so let's see if we can help..

1. You'll need a compatible TV Tuner/MPEG-2 Encoding card or USB Device. A list of the compatible cards/devices is at http://www.sage.tv/requirements.html

The consensus card of our users is the PVR-250 from Hauppauge and it's the card we bundle our software with through our Online Store. We do also offer a bundle with Hauppauge's latest PVR-usb2 device.

2. HD card, I can't say because we don't officially support any cards yet. A number of our customers have been able to get SageTV to work with the HiPix and AccessDTV cards through a patch we released on the forum somewhere.

3. Graphics card - depends on the display you will be connecting your PC to. Most people get by with a $50 Nvidia card with a TV-out. But it depends on if you need DVI or component connections as well.

Can you elaborate on what you will connecting to?

[Succorso]

It will be connected to a Mitsu wide screen using component inputs.

I really appreciate your help and look forward to bugging you some more when I you get the haupage cards in stock and I get this built

Succorso

[mlbdude]

You may want to look at an ATI then video output since it supports many custom resolutions and overscan.