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'DaveW' wrote:
| Wrong. In order to record video you need a video capture card. The
4200Ti
| does not have this feature.
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Your 'Wrong' is wrong.
To record TO a computer FROM a video source some type of capture
device/software is needed. That is NOT what the original poster asks about.
The question is how to record the output of a computer system TO a VCR.
That is an entirely different function.
Phil Weldon
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> Wrong. In order to record video you need a video capture card. The
> 4200Ti does not have this feature.
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> DaveW
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> "John Bartley K7AAY telcom admin, Portland OR" <johnbartley@email.com>
> wrote in message news:43027b5c.336129656@coronis.nyed.circ2.dcn...
>> Help needed: Recording fails, from nVidea GeForce4 Ti4200 card S-Video
>> port to
>> Panasonic consumer VCR
>>
>> Have nVidia GeForce4 Ti4200 AGP8X cards in several PCs, and they all do
>> the same
>> thing. I've configured them to 'clone' the video out to both the VGA and
>> the
>> S-Video port.
>>
>> When I connect by S-video cable to a Panasonic VCR, the VCR's monitor
>> (and also
>> a video projector) show the signal from the PC when idle or recording.
>> However,
>> when a recording from the video card is played back, the VCR blanks, with
>> nothing seen or heard. Doesn't matter what I'm recording; even a static
>> Windows
>> desktop does the same thing.
>>
>> Stepping down from 1024x768 to 800-x600 and 640x480 does not fix the
>> problem.
>> The video card, BTW, is set to 60Hz, and provides both DVI-I and VGA as
>> well as
>> S-Video outputs. The DVI-I is not connected, and disconnecting the VGA
>> does not
>> solve the problem.
>>
>> I believe the sync of the video signal from the nVidia card is not quite
>> good
>> enough for our consumer VCRs. Is there a program which adjusts the sync
>> or
>> otherwises fixzes the signal so a consumer grade VCR can record it?
>>
>> This is intended to record an IE-delivered WebEx <
www.webex.com> net
>> videoconference feed Thursday AM from DC. I have not been able to find a
>> streaming video recorder I could use to capture the content, but that
>> would be a
>> good alternative, if such a thing exists for a 2.4GHz Windows 2000 PC.
>>
>> So:
>>
>> 1. Can I fix up the video card with software so it delivers video good
>> enough to
>> record and play back without blanking? Yes, it won't be as sharp as a PC
>> monitor, but we can live with that.
>>
>> 2. Is there a streaming video recorder app I can run on Win2k (or XP, if
>> we have
>> to) to record the WebEx content, audio and video, to HD? Since WebEx has
>> their
>> own (spendy, of course) proprietary recording system which locks you into
>> their
>> proprietary player, I sure would like to find a standards-based
>> alternative.
>>
>> My deadline to make this all work is Thursday 0930 PT, which does not
>> give me
>> much time for finding hardware.
>>
>> Thank you kindly, all, for your assistance with this last minute burden.
>>
>>
>> --
>> John Bartley K7AAY USBC/DO PDX OR USA
>> "This is a carburetor," Hank tells his son. "Take it apart, put it back
>> together; repeat until you're normal." - KOTH
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