Capcards

There are a couple of options for these:

• Easycap
  
• Blackmagic
  
• Pinnacle Dazzle
  
• Kaiser Baas Video to DVD maker
  
• Blitzbox
  
• Hauppauge HD PVR
  

*Squishy* ~ I have an ezcap which is pretty much easycap but for mac which I got off ebay. Most Capture cards do colour and sound but you have to check because some only do black and white unless you put your tv settings differently. I'm not an expert on cap cards but still come ask me any questions if you need help. I do reckon that the more expensive the cap card is the better the quality but easycaps do the job. Also I know that Impulsez. got a cap card at Jb HiFi for about $50 but I never got around to finding it but it had very good quality and sound.

RJ Aus ~ The JB Hifi capture card is the kaiser baas video to dvd maker. Between $50 and $79. Great quality, roughly equal to the easy cap. But for the price you may as well get an easy cap.

Setting up your CapCard

Alright, over the past 3 weeks i have gotten numerous PM's on how to set up a Capture card on a TV and not a monitor. So I am going to make a step but step setup.

The cap card I use is a blackmagic capture card for mac, Click this Link

Step 1
Image 1

This is my capture card as you can see it has the input cables for a component

So what you are going to have to do to get your display on both your TV and your Computer is you are going to need some sort of splitter cables (as sown in image 2, 3)

Image 2

image 3

Step 2
Now assemble to splitter cable and then plug it into your capcard (as shown in image 4)

image 4

Step 3
Now plug in all of you XBOX cables into the Capcard and the splitter (as show in image 5)

image 5

but on the red and blue that you pug the splitters into leave one red and one white (as shown in image 5)

Step 4

Now another thing may may need to buy (i found my 1 lying around the house) is a component cable (as shown in image 6)

image 6

And then with those plug the red and white ones into the two spots left in the splitter cables (as shown in image 5) Do so like this

Image 7

Step 5

Now with the other component cables that you plugged in run them to your TV (note this also works with turtle beach head sets)


I also Suggest getting a USB extender for your capcard as it makes it easier to plug into your computer

This is the final product.

My set up


All of this should set you back around $15-$20 and can all be found at a Dicksmith store

If you have any questions please feel free to post or PM me.

This setup will work with any Capture card

And also please note at the back of the xbox where your component cables plug in the switch has to be set to TV

Also May i suggest this be made a stick as it can help many people to come, so if any one askes any one they can refer to this.

Regards

Sticky made possible with edits and contributions from the following members.
*Squishy* / RJ Aus / eXiLes

Edited 5 times, last edited 23/7/10 - 8:23am by Rohizle.

Nice Write up

yea good post man

Nice long fingers, Oh and this is my contoller.

Nice job, thanks for getting this done.

GO EXILES

LOL his fingers do look extremely long. Better for gaming i guess

Exiles, are Blackmagic's worth the money?
They're $240 right?

defiantly worth it, $180 to be precise

and thanks impulsez, (i asked to see pictures if any1 is wondering)

oh, and i u want to see any out comes the link to my youtube accoint is in my motto (down below) that shows the quality

thats not VGA, your using Component there.. VGA is computer monitor cable..

ahh yes, thanks man i will edit it, i always get them mixed up

Nice exiles your a legend. Need to start trying 2 set myn up.

also i forgot to mention that the splitters (in image 3) it doesnt matter what color they are

i.e red, white

they all do the same job unless it says otherwise on the packaging

whats the setup with the back of the tv cos i cant get mine to work i am not sure wich ports tto plug into i have, red,white,yellow input and out put i think and then 2 green,blue,red,white,red ports
but my capture card isnt hd