capture analogue video using NVIDIA graphics card

[Guest]

I am trying to capture vdieo from an analogue camera. My PC is fitted with an NVIDIA GEFORCE3 graphics card
According to the documentation for my PC I have a conmposite analogue input which can be used to capture video from a camera
I know the camera and leads work, I can capture video from it on a friends PC

When I use movie maker I get an error message stating no capture device connected
How do I work out the problem, seems to me it could be any of the following
PC documentaion is wrong and can't capture vide
Faulty graphics car
missing video code

Thanks

 

[Hank Wirtz]

With Nvidia graphics cards, if you have an input, it's on a breakout box
that plugs into the card. If there's just an S-Video port on the card, it's
probably an output. If your PC is a Media Center PC, then it may have a card
separate from the video card, that has the inputs on it.

It would be helpful to know the make & model of both the PC and the video
card.

-Hank

 

[Guest]

PC details are
Medion Professional Compute
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.6 GHz 1Gig RA

Graphics card is a NVIDIA GeForce3 TI20

My friends PC has a NVIDIA FX5600 graphics car

Wind

----- Hank Wirtz wrote: ----

With Nvidia graphics cards, if you have an input, it's on a breakout box
that plugs into the card. If there's just an S-Video port on the card, it's
probably an output. If your PC is a Media Center PC, then it may have a card
separate from the video card, that has the inputs on it

It would be helpful to know the make & model of both the PC and the video
card

-Han

 

[John Kelly]

Hi there,

I am not sure what you mean by a breakout box. My NVidia card has
S-Video in and out and is all via one socket. The supplied cable that plugs
into the socket splits into S-Video In, S-Video out and left/right audio. My
card is a Gainward GeForce4 Ti something or other and is also refered to as
a Golden Sample because of the better quality chips etc.

Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk

 

[Hank Wirtz]

That split cable is what I meant by a breakout box. The term describes when
multiple connectors are combined into a single connector to simplify things
at the card's end, where connector real estate is scarce.

Hope that clarifies-
HW

 

[Hank Wirtz]

I'd suggest downloading the NVidia WDM capture drivers from
http://support.medion-usa.us/download/index.cfm?type=0&catid=4# or there may
be newer ones at www.NVidia.com

Double-check in your device manager to see if the NVidia capture device is
listed under sound, video & game controllers.

Do you have a breakout box or split cable like John has for your input? Or
do you plug the camera straight into the card? Is the port labelled as an
input, or does it have a cryptic symbol? I'm worried you may be plugging the
camera into an S-Video Output. It won't hurt anything if you do, but it
won't work that way.

Good luck!

-Hank