nero0410
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As title. Please let me know which is the best tv capture software to use?
Any suggestions greatly appriciated
Thanks
tris
Any suggestions greatly appriciated
Thanks
tris
What equipment are you trying to capture from? Sky, Sky+, cable, Freeview?
One of the most elegant solutions is to put a DVB-T (Freeview) card in your PC and record (rather than 'capture') to hard disk.
For sky, why not put a DVB-S card in your PC. Not the cheapest solution (you need the DVB-S card, a daughter CI card and a CAM). That's what I use.
This thread is a good place to get you started:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=319927
A DVB-S card is a PCI card (slots into your PC) that you plug your satellite cable into.
By itself it can receive the digital stream from the satellite, and with appropriate software (MCE or many, many others) allow you to play the signal. Most cards come bundled with some free software.
By itself, however, you can only pick up unencrypted signals (like BBC, ITV, FilmFour). To decode the scrambled channels (Channel 4, E4, etc) you need a CAM (which allows you to decode the signal when you put a Sky card in it) and to connect the CAM to your DVB card you need a CI card.