Sky through my pc

Hey guys sorry if this has been asked a lot already but i want to use my pc monitor as a tv as i dont have room for both, can i just get a video capture card and use the output from my sky box into my pc and get that to work, i dont want any extra functionality from my pc just to use it as a tv.

Any help is appreciated

Thanks

Oli

 

Simply take the RF output from the Sky box and feed into the aerial socket of any analogue (not digital) TV card tuned to the same channel as the RF output of the box

 

Thanks for the reply m8 nice to know, i took this option as i guess its impossible for windows MCE to control a skybox even if u have a legit card ?

 

how do you find the channel of the rf output please?

 

Press [services] 401 [select] 4 (quickly) to see the RF output menu of the Sky Digibox.

 

Services, 4, 0, 1, Select, RF Outlets.
The "0" is hidden, you won't see it...just press it.

 

thanks guys - found the rf output (68) and tried again but no picture :-(

i have a hauppage wintvpvr pci installed
is that analogue or digital (which wont work according to previous message) can anyone tell me ???

sorry but i'm a bit out of touch with this side of things

 

According to a Google search it's Digital...so you won't be able to tune it to the Sky box output.

 

My Hauppauge wintv pvr/150 PCI is definitely analogue, so you need to be more accurate about the model. For more info you could try shspvr

 

does your sky box have svideo out? will get a much better picture that way than using rf, i think the card you have has an svideo input. easier to tune as well..cause there is no tuning!!

 

ok my device manager reads 'Hauppage WinTV PVR PCI II (26xx)'

I have tried scart to s-video lead with no joy but will try a s-video to s-video lead if you think this might work ???

thanks again

 

on your sky box you have to change the scart output mode from rgb to svideo...did you do that?

 

ooh no ... how do i do that sir ???

 

Do you have a standard Sky box or Sky+?
S-Video is only output from Sky+ or certain older Grundig digiboxes.

 

i have the sky+ box

 

S-Video is only output from the S-Video socket...not via scart.
You will also need to use the left/right audio outs for the audio.

 

so a s-video to s-video cable is my option now then???

 

Yes, that'll do it.

 

And make sure you set up Win/TV to channel 200 or 210. Only those two can be set to either composite or s-video. It's a selectable option on channel configuration.

 

And remember if using a SCART S-Video or Composite adapter, you need to set it to OUT not IN (you're trying to OUTput the signal from your Sky box, so you need to set the switch on your adapter to OUT).

 

i now have pic running to pc thanks
no sound so i suppose the white / red audio cable thingy (i am so naive with this stuff) should do the trick
cn't set pc remote to change sky+ but i believe thats common prob and least of my worries for now

 

Rubbish

All s-video on dodgiboxes, it is available on, have a s-video output socket, none of them output it from a scart socket. On all Sky boxes (standard, Sky+ or HD) the TV scart outputs RGB or composite video (switchable in the picture menu) and the VCR scart outputs composite video only.

 

A scart to s-video adapter would be useless - scarts do not output s-video on Sky boxes, although some will work by outputting the composite video signal only).

 

the s-video to s-video and white / red audio cable has done the trick
both cables for under £10 in the end so not a bad result
if only sky would help / advise / set-up / whatever

anyway thanks to everyone who helped
i'm off to record / edit / view / whatever